Background and career
Jaswinder Singh Bains, known professionally as Jazzy B, is an Indian-born Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor. He has worked in Indian music and films mainly in Punjabi and Hindi.
Jazzy B, born April 1, 1969, moved from Punjab to Canada at a young age, settling in Surrey, British Columbia. His first album Gugiyan Da Jora was released in 1993. The rhythm was played by Sukhshinder Shinda who suggested that he move to England if he wanted a prominent career in Punjabi music. He is a big fan of the late singer Kuldeep Manak. Jazzy has released 12 studio albums, and two religious ones. He has collaborated on tracks with other artists.
From his music video "Surma", actor John Abraham started his modelling career in 2000. In 2001, his song "Oh Kehri" from his eponymous album featured Celina Jaitley. Mahek Chahal featured in his songs and videos "Jindey" and "Chak De Boli". He is known for his song "Dil Luteya" with Apache Indian from his album Romeo. Esha Gupta featured in his song "Glassy" from the album Rambo in 2008. Surveen Chawla appeared in his song "Naag 2" in 2010. He sang a song named "Fukraa" for Emraan Hashmi starrer movie Rush in 2012. In 2013, he sang the song "Jugni" for Jimmy Sheirgill, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, and Mahie Gill-starrer Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns. In 2014, actress Surveen Chawla once again appeared in his duet song "Mitran De Boot". In 2014 he also sung for movie Shaadi Ke Side Effects starring Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. In 2015, he worked with rapper Snoop Dogg for the song "Most Wanted" which is featured in MTV India. In the same year, he was featured in title song "Zalim Dilli" from the film Dilliwali Zaalim Girlfriend with Hard Kaur. His old song "Sat Rangey" was used in the background music of the Hollywood movie Deadpool in 2016. He is the first South Asian entertainer to have his name added to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Star Walk in Vancouver. In 2016, he sang a song "Love The Way You Dance" for movie Tutak Tutak Tutiya starring Prabhu Deva, Tamannaah and Sonu Sood. In 2017 Bigg Boss Season 10 contestant Lopamudra Raut was featured in his song "Crazy Ya" from the album Folk 'N' Funky 2. In 2019 he sang the song "Ajj Singh Garjega" for Akshay Kumar's film Kesari. In 2020, his song "Jine Mera Dil Luteya" was recreated as "Gaallan Kardi" with Jyotica Tangri & Mumzy Stranger for Saif Ali Khan, Tabu & Alaya Furniturewala starrer Jawaani Jaaneman. In 2022, he appeared in the song "Ghaint Galbaat" with Zareen Khan in the Punjabi film Posti. He appeared as a judge in Zee Punjabi reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Punjabi with Sonu Kakkar and Jaidev Kumar. The show's participants were mentored by Gurdas Mann. In 2024, Jazzy B featured in AP Dhillon’s song “315” from the album The Brownprint. He also gave surprise performances at AP Dhillon’s concerts first in Delhi along with Yo Yo Honey Singh and then in Chandigarh. In the same year, he appeared in the Netflix documentary Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous, which explored the life and career of Yo Yo Honey Singh. In 2025, Jazzy B performed at the Juno Awards of 2025 and his song "Coolin" was also nominated as South Asian Music Recording of the Year.
In 2000, Jazzy made his film debut in Shaheed Udham Singh. In 2006 he appeared in Sunny Deol's movie Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera with Ameesha Patel in the song "Chuk De Punjabi". In 2013, he made his debut with the film Best of Luck as an actor with Punjabi singer and actor Gippy Grewal and Miss India Universe 2008 Simran Kaur Mundi. The shooting of this film commenced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in May 2012. He made special appearance in Diljit Dosanjh's Jatt & Juliet 2 in 2013. In 2014, he appeared in Romeo Ranjha. In a news story published in April, it was revealed that while doing stunts for Romeo Ranjha, Jazzy underwent serious injuries wherein he even had "near-death" experience. He was quoted as saying, "I literally left my body. I could feel everyone trying to resuscitate me. I remember my whole life flashing before my eyes, and surprisingly, I wasn't thinking about winning awards or anything like that. The only thing I cared about was that I wanted to live because I did not want to leave my family so soon". In 2014, he made a special appearance in Dharmendra and Gippy Grewal's film Double Di Trouble. He also appeared as a cop in suspense thriller Punjabi movie Snowman: The Dark Side of Canada along with Neeru Bajwa, Rana Ranbir and Arshi Khatkar.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
