Interesting and Unknown Facts of NAV || NAV's Relation With Uzi, Metro & Weeknd || NAV's Net Worth, Jewellery and Controversies || Dream Machine
: : Intro
If you’re in a hurry you can read the Quick Facts
which are present right below the INTRO section (Me: But you ganna miss a lot of
interesting stuff; Me Inside: Please don’t skip it L ). Navraj
Singh Goraya better is known by his stage name “NAV” born on November 3rd, 1989 in Rexdale, Toronto. His parents
are from Punjab, India, NAV’s father worked as a forklift driver in Ontario
and his mother worked as a computer engineer. NAV started
his career as a music producer, NAV gained recognition by many songs like
“Myself”, “Wanted You ft. Lil Uzi Vert”, “Some Way ft. The Weeknd” and “BeibsIn The Trap By Travis Scott”. He also worked with other artists like Drake,
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, and many more.
Let’s dive into NAV’s life and will search for NAV’s interesting facts. Well, NAV usually doesn’t give interviews, he likes to be with himself and his studio/songs and this article took a lot of days of research so please don't forget to share and comment on it. Let’s see how he met all these legit artists like Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Lil Uzi Vert. And will look into NAV’s Net Worth, History and Controversies.
L Quick Facts
(Please Read Full Article, If Possible.)
>> NAV’s real name is Navraj Singh Goraya and
he started making beats by the name Beats By Nav.
>> NAV used to sell beats for $20.
>> NAV used to make beats in his mom's basement.
>> NAV was poor in his academics and he wasted
one year extra to complete his graduation.
>> NAV faced too many hate comments after
using the word “NIGGA” in his songs.
>> NAV and Lil Uzi Vert’s “Wanted You” was
made in a parking lot in 20 minutes only.
>> NAV’s current net worth is over $6 Million
USD.
: : How NAV Entered Into Hip Hop
>> NAV’s uncle was a famous singer in India
because of his uncle NAV started going to the studio with him. NAV’s mother gifted
him a Boom Box when he was in 3rd grade and he used to listen to Indian
music all day. When NAV turned 16, he started making beats, and his friends used
to freestyle on NAV’s beats. NAV later started working with local rappers and
gained some recognition in his hood.
>> NAV officially started making beats in
2010, back then he was not a rapper, he was just a music producer. NAV used to
sell his beats for $20 in his initial days to underground SoundCloud rappers and
Ugly God was one them to claim it at $20 but now NAV is making beats for $5000
to $10,000.
#Fun_Fact:-
NAV made a beat for Drake and he was not sure about the song that it is really
gonna release or not, but it released a few months later and NAV heard it on the
radio. This was the first DISS TRACK to be nominated for the Grammy.
>>NAV started rapping in 2015, he dropped his
first song on SoundCloud in 2015 which is “Take Me Simple”. He soon started working days and nights to get
his name into Billboards Chart, in 2017 NAV debuted his project named “NAV”.
>> After dropping tons of music NAV was waiting for the moment where he’ll get signed by a good record label. As the stars were aligning for NAV, he got a call from The Weeknd’s XO Record Label. NAV is now managed by “Cash aka Amir Esmailian” who is a member of XO crew.
#Fun_Fact:-
NAV’s
likes playing games with his manager Cashxo and Lil Uzi Vert. His favorite
games are WWE, FIFA, Fortnight, NBA (+1 fact, NBA officially made NAV’s character
in their game) and NFS. NAV likes playing on PC and he thinks that his real
competitor is Marshmello.
: : Meaning Behind His Stage Name “NAV” & His
Academic History
>>As you’ve read already so you know that the real name of NAV is Navraj Singh Goraya, his mother chose this name because
Navam means “New” and Raj means “King” and if we combine them, then it means
“The New King”.
Initially, NAV started making beats by the name
“Beats By NAV” and as he became the rapper in 2015, he shortened his name as NAV.
#Fun_Fact:-
NAV initially started making beats with “SONY’s ACID Pro” software, later he
moved on to “LOIC PRO X”.
>> NAV went to West Humber Junior Middle High
School. NAV
was subjected to mild bullying like most non-white kids in school. He was not so good academically. However, he was turning into a good music producer.
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>>NAV’s
friend circle (of 8 people) was too bad in academics, his all friends are
dropped out but NAV managed to graduate the school. NAV was also one of them who
failed in the second academic year, but NAV continued the studies and cleared his
way to graduation.
#Fun_Fact:-
The office is the all-time favorite show of NAV.
:
: NAV Into Controversies
>> Fake Songs:- NAV was the SoundCloud rapper
in his initial days, he built his loyal fanbase from SoundCloud. Besides
SoundCloud, random people used to upload his music from anonymous YouTube
channels and used to give title as “Unreleased Post Malone Song- Myself”.
The song blew up and the song reached out to Post
Malone, People were sliding into Posty’s DMs and Posty literally had to post
this Tweet.
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#Fun_Fact:- Kylie Jenner lip-synced the song “Myself” in her Snapchat story and the song gained 300% attention than the average growth. I was one of her Snapchat followers and I also started listening to NAV from that day.
>> BEEF With XXL Magazine:
Just like Lil Skies, NAV also declined to show up on
XXL Freshman List. NAV gives feedback to XXL by calling their magazine
“Trash”. Also, he shares his thoughts to
motivate the new gen hip hop artists.
>> NAV used “NIGGA” In His Music
NAV used the word NIGGA three times in his album
“Perfect Timing”, he got too much backlash for saying that word, and now NAV
said that he’s done with that word and won’t be saying it again. NAV explains
the whole controversy to Complex in his interview.
Well,
it’s like, the neighborhood I grew up in is very multicultural. It goes from
Chinese to white to black to Jamaican, everything, right? Everybody uses that
word freely. A Chinese guy is saying it to me, I’m saying it to a black guy, a
black guy’s saying it to me. It’s all like that. I was making music for me and
my friends in the beginning. So I didn’t really think anything of it. But then
once I got to the global level and I started seeing a little bit of backlash, I
totally cut it out. I respect it. In my neighborhood it’s cool, but out here
it’s not cool. So I just play by the rules. [On Perfect Timing], you won’t hear me say it once.
>> NAV And Lil Uzi Vert’s Retirement:
When Lil Uzi Vert was having trouble to release his
most awaited album “Eternal Atake”, Uzi decided to retire from music, to
support him NAV also retired and after few months Dj Drama tweeted that Lil Uzi
Vert free to release his album any time.
#Fun_Fact:-
NAV’s
tweet “Since me and @liluzivert
quit music I've been teaching him how to play fortnite He's getting really
good at it.”
But it was not that easy, Uzi still having trouble
with his record label. NAV’s number 1 album Bad Habits’ song “Habits” don’t
have Uzi’s verse on it, he later explained it on his Instagram.
>> After releasing his album “Bad Habits” and
doing a lot of tours worldwide; NAV’s current net worth is over $6 Million USD.
NAV has a “Lamborghini Urus” wrapped in bottle green color and has one Mercedes
Benz.
#Fun_Fact:- "I handed in the album
like an assignment," talking about his album “Reckless”." I was literally in a reckless part of my life.
I cared about money, I cared about girls, I cared about all the wrong things
and not about the music."
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>> NAV and Metro Boomin’s collaborative
mixtape “Perfect Timing” debuted at number 13 on Billboard 200 and to celebrate
the success of the project they made a diamond ring for Metro, NAV, and Uzi. The the ring has “Perfect Timing” embedded on it and on the other side “XO” the record label name is there.
>> NAV has XO chain which represents he is the
part of “XO Crew”. The chain was gifted by The Weeknd when he signed the
contract with XO Records.
#Fun_Fact:-
NAV is a big sneakerhead and he loves wearing Nike’s Airmax shoes, I’ve never
seen NAV flexing on Jordans or Yeezys on his Instagram. His all-time favorite
sneakers are Nike Airmax 97.
>> NAV’s “Devil Emoji Pendant” is one of his
favorite chains, the Devil Emoji is made out of 24K diamonds and has tennis
chain with it. NAV also has 3 bust down Rollies and one watch full of baguette
diamonds.
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:
: Relationship With Uzi, Metro, Weeknd and Meek Mill
>>If you follow NAV and Uzi from
the beginning then you obviously know how good friend they are. If not then don’t
worry I’m here to help ya out. NAV said this in one of his interviews that, our relationship isn't corny, you know? It's very organic. We
met very early in our career. And we don't even really talk to each other like
musicians. We talk to each other like friends. We hang out. We don't talk about
doing music. We don't even talk about the studio. If it happens, it happens.
We'll turn the mic on and it just happens. But we don't book studio a together.
Our relationship is very unique. It's different from everybody else that I have
relationships with.
#Fun_Fact: The song “Wanted You ft.
Lil Uzi Vert” was made in 20 minutes. NAV came out of hotel room and Uzi was
waiting for him in the parking lot, they sat in the car and started having a
chat and they literally made this song in no time. The whole song was written
in a parking lot and the song is now Platinum Certified.
>>Metro and NAV had a face time
and then they met in the studio where they decided to make a project together
and that’s how “Perfect Timing” album came. NAV also said that the “Perfect
Timing 2” is coming but they haven’t started to work on it.
>>The Weeknd is also a very good
friend of NAV they (NAV, Uzi, Weeknd & whole XO crew) play basketball together.
Weeknd was fully engaged with NAV’s album “Bad Habits”, he was literally
spotting the mistakes like typos and color corrections, even me and cash didn’t
even noticed all those things we just looked it and approved it, said NAV.
The song “Price On My Head ft. TheWeeknd” was actually made by 88Glam (Duo signed to XO records). The melody of the
song was written by Derek Wise, Weeknd took that melody and put his own words. Later NAV
comes for the last verse of the song.
#Fun_Facts: NAV performed first time
on stage in O2 Arena in London in front of 20,000 people, it was The Weeknd's
tour and NAV had to open it. There was a person from the audience who asked his
friend who’s that guy? And NAV heard it and looked into his eyes, NAV was so nervous
that he started looking at the sky for real.
>>Meek Mill was the guy who used to post NAV’s
lines on Instagram and NAV was not even popping at that time. Even Meek Mill
didn’t know that the NAV already produced a song with Drake.
#Fun_Fact: NAV in his interview with Complex. { The line from song TAP,
"The first time I've seen a Maybach was with cuz," referring to Meek.
That's a fact because when I and Bucks went to Atlanta for the first time, we
were kind of just out there figuring it out and we hadn't got a car. He's good
friends with Meek, so we went to Meek's house. He let us in his house and
everything. We were chilling. We needed a car and he gave us his Maybach,
and I've never been to a Maybach. He gave us the Maybach and he said, "We
can't find the keys. The key's been lost for weeks in the car. But you could
just press start and it'll work." That line is a fact. And "the
first one to show me love" is really back when I was coming up before Cash (his manager) had even met me. }
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