Actor · Singer · Composer

Yuvan Shankar Raja

யுவன் சங்கர் ராஜா

b. 31 August 1979, Chennai

Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), known officially as Abdul Khaliq, is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu which included mixed EDM and jazz.