M Way Entertainment presents Jay Deala!

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  • Jay Deala
  • Jay Deala

Bio

The urban desi phenom known as Jay Deala is ready, set and poised to take hisrightful place as the first mainstream hip-hop artist from the Indian communityin years. Inspired by mainstream pioneer artists such as Apache Indian andPunjabi MC, Jay Deala is aiming to take over the music industry and fill a void inurban desi hip-hop that has desperately been needed for quite some time now.Get ready for something special.

In an age of the micro label, Jay Deala registered his own record label/entertainment company, M WAY Entertainment Incorporated. This major stepempowered and expanded his capabilities to explore all types of music genres.Jay Deala is hip-hop at its best however he is not limited to just one type orstyle of music by any means. Now that he has refined and perfected his skillsas a live hip-hop and recording artist, Jay Deala is looking to scout and developthe wealth of hidden talent that can be found locally as well as internationally.Professional executive production and artist development in all aspects of themusic industry is the future of M WAY Entertainment Inc.

Coming from a highly inclined musically gifted and talented family, Jay Deala,born Harjinder Jay Singh in Toronto Ontario Canada, was destined for greatness.

As an immigrant, who migrated from India, Jay Deala’s father struggled to findemployment in Canada at a time where visible minorities were a scarce andunknown commodity. Along with hard work ethic, intelligence and the gift ofmusic his father made it through course waters and has become one of the mostsuccessful business men in the Indian community in southern Ontario. Jay’sfather would keep his motivated mind set during troubled times through playingvarious instruments and singing. Mastering the harmonium and refining hisvast knowledge of religious studies, Jay’s father also influenced and inspired hischildren to vent and express their feelings and emotion through music by singingat numerous religious functions and Gurdwara’s (Sikh Temples). Jay’s olderbrother mastered the art of Tablas (Indian drums) at a very young age playingalongside his father and also travelling with many notable classical singers suchas Ghulam Ali and Jagjit Singh in the early 90’s.

Jay Deala started his journey into music by following in the footsteps of hisfather. He learned to play the tablas and the harmonium at a very young age.However, music expression through the religious environment did not reallyappeal to him. In retrospect, commercial music was becoming more and morefree spirited and out spoken. In the 90’s Mainstream hip-hop and rap was beingtaken over by a phenomenon known as gangster rap. Hip-hop superstars likethe late greats Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG blew up the rap game andexposed the trials and tribulations of the inner city urban lifestyle. Guns, girls,money, power and respect were the key elements influencing youth through rapand hip hop music at this time. It was cool to be bad, and Jay Deala embracedthis culture with open arms.

Jay Deala’s family moved from the east end in Scarborough, all the way acrossthe city of Toronto, to the west end in Brampton. Jay met many of his lifetimefriends there as they shared the same common interests, mainly gangsterrap. Jay would relish the opportunity to listen to his friends Ceazar and Bezzlefreestyle at the local parks, alleys and catwalks. A little apprehensive at first thatpeople would not appreciate or understand that his true desire was to freestyleand MC, Jay Deala beat boxed for his friends. Slowly but surely he came outof his shell and started to cypher along with the group. Their acceptance ofhim and his desire to rap boosted his confidence and made him realize thatthis is what he wanted to do. Natural entertaining abilities, intelligence, anoutgoing and flamboyant personality were perfect characteristics for his flow andcomplimented his lyrical talent.

Jay Deala realized that he had to take music to another level from a businessstandpoint in order to quench his never ending thirst for performing andentertaining. Everyone’s dream is to work for or do something that they love todo and Jay Deala felt the same way, moreover the reason for registering M WAYEntertainment Inc. With his savvy entrepreneurial skills and his sheer love formusic, the arts and entertainment, life was all starting to have more meaningand dreams were turning to reality.

M Way Entertainment started out as a group of close friends who were all bornin Toronto and then migrated to the suburbs of the Peel Region. As a pass time,the group of friends would hang out at parks and catwalks cyphering, beatboxing and playing basketball, bringing the Toronto urban lifestyle to the suburbsof Brampton and Mississauga.

Just to mention a few, here are some Notable Performances:

  • Opening act for Russell Peters, K A R D I N A L, FRANK N DANK, Mathew
  • Good @ Kingswood Music Theatre, WONDERLAND
  • Intermediate act for SOUTH BEACH BHANGRA 4 @ Jackie Gleason Theatre in South Beach, Miami, Florida
  • Headlining act for ONE NIGHT ONLY @ I’Panema Nightclub in downtown Birmingham, England
  • Opening act for Malkit Singh and Manak-E @ Bhangra Fusion @ Ontario Place in Toronto, Canada
  • Headliner for SUMMERSLAM @ DNA Lounge in the Club District Downtown, Toronto, Canada
  • Opening act for Panjabi MC and Aman Hayer @ Pearson Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada
  • Host of DISPLAY RAGE FREESTYLE BATTLE and CONCERT SERIES touring all University and College Campus’
  • Jay Deala opening for Toronto pioneer artist SNOW @ DNA Lounge in the Club District Downtown, Toronto, Canada
  • Jay Deala LIVE @ IMPORTFEST 2008 @ Downsview Park, Toronto, Canada
  • Jay Deala LIVE @ DESIFEST 2008 @ Yonge and Dundas Square, Downtown Toronto, Canada.
  • Jay Deala LIVE @ CELEBRITY 2009 @ Alibi Bar in London England
  • Jay Deala Special Guest Performance @ CLUB MANGO 2009 in London England
  • Jay Deala headlines DESIFEST 2009 Canadian National Tour appearing in Ottawa May 4th, Toronto May 30th, Montreal June 27th and Vancouver July 25th
  • Jay Deala and Deesha Sarai headlines the URBAN GROOVES showcase at the 10th annual MASALA MENDHI MASTI July 2010 at the CNE in Toronto.
  • Jay Deala headlines the 2nd annual South Asian Music Festival in downtown Ottawa at Confederation Park July 2010
  • Jay Deala LIVE at SCRAPE BY THE LAKE Toronto’s largest low-rider car show in St. Catherines Prudhommes Landing July 2010.
  • Jay Deala LIVE at PMC in Ottawa @ Lago Bar and Grill. Jay Deala and Deep Jandu performed alongside the legendary Panjabi MC

The OFFICIAL M WAY MIXTAPE Vol 1 released in 2007 was an immense successselling thousands of copies locally. Its success was because the amazing fans support and great feedback. The OFFICIAL M WAY MIXTAPE Vol 2 was released in 2008 and featured a lot more material from Jay Deala. It allowed him to showcase his versatile flow and other many creative facets of his music. He then dropped an EP in 2010 which included the international smash hit single “AJAA” featuring Deep Jandu and three bonus hip-hop tracks in North America, the UK and India.  Ajaa received heavy radio play and rotation all over the world and is the reason why there is so much demand for the Jay Deala brand today. Now, with two mixtapes and a successful EP as predecessors, the most anticipated international debut album “SINCERELY, JAY DEALA”… is set to release in 2012! Complete with music videos and big label distribution support, Sincerely Jay Deala will definitely be one of the greatest, most successful and most notarized albums to date from the south asian urban music industry. The stage has been set for something really special… Sincerely, Jay Deala!