Music
Canadian Model Raminder Kaur Signs Up With Major Record Label
by PRWEB
Editor's Note: We at sikhchic.com see our mandate as requiring us to take note of, and to notify you - our readers across the diaspora - of those in the community who have attracted attention as newsmakers, or have made news in some notable way. The mere reporting of the same in our pages must not be automatically read as either an endorsement or a condemnation of any person or activity.
Raminder Kaur - a Canadian model, and Murdercap Records CEO Jerome "SlikkForDays" Almon's fiancee - has joined the label for its upcoming MTV, VH1, and BET ad and music video campaign for the explosive and controversial double CD, "Murdercap Records Presents: Detroit/Murdercap Records II".
The double covers will stun the music world in their freshness and content. Raminder stars in 19 of the 41 music videos and all of the 63 television ads.
Additionally, she stars in an unprecedented 41 page spread in the Hip Hop powerhouse XXL Magazine. She stands out as the girl next door with an angel's face, and very sinful curves.
Raminder was originally cast in the "AIR CANADA" music video as stewardess Sugar Pink in the stunningly original and sexy mini movie written and directed by the Murdercap Records CEO. But upon meeting in Las Vegas at the famed Palms hotel for pre-production, Almon offered Raminder an expanded lead role and multi million dollar contract in the projects after a weekend of partying at the famed Palms Casino in Las Vegas' G Suite.
Details of the controversial shoots will be released at New York City and LA press conferences. The highly anticipated and controversial CD features 2 shocking covers inspired by self-titled "Led Zeppelin" and "Led Zeppelin II."
The first CD of 20 songs is a one way trip through the streets and alleys of Detroit's most violent and dangerous streets, led by Murdercap Records top dawgs, The Virus and Gitty Gutta. The CD is fresh, hot and merciless in singing the praises of "THE D" as the Motor City is known.
The second CD is a rolling never ending sex filled club and "mo mo" escapades worthy of the label's heroes, the mighty LED ZEPPELIN. Here is where the controversy gets turned up a notch: the label starkly contrasts the label's crime-filled Detroit lifestyle and the international media storm caused by its ban out of the Great White North, using the all Canadian female cast and The Virus and Gitty Gutta as its visual representation. Raminder stands out most in this Hip Hop Picasso of sex, the club, and gangsta rap.
Raminder is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm meets Angelina Jolie, with a stunning resemblance to sex siren Gina Gershon. The visuals are heated and the chemistry simmers as Raminder struts, dances and flirts her way to what will surely be instant stardom.
Raminder also takes a star turn in the gangsta music videos for "Chinn Chekk" and "Strawberry Letter 313" in the true to life stories so controversial, so sex filled that they are sure to launch a million scandals. Raminder enforces her reputation as the Murdercap Records "it" girl in the unprecedented 41 page XXL Magazine spread, showcasing her versatility and range.
In the remarkable spread Raminder plays everthing from Vogue-ish model, to club hopping, jet set party girl, to gangsta gun moll for "Bonnie and Clyde 2009/Peter & Belinda."
Next up for Raminder is her own perfume, jewelry line, and a lead modeling role in both the label's clothing line and CEO SlikkForDays men's and women's fashion collection. She also takes a huge star turn in the music video "Carmel Coated/ Butterscotch" as every man's dream girl-glamorous, sexy and classy. The music video is a 3 minute scorcher, with Ms. Kaur takes the song to the boiling point.
September 20, 2009
Conversation about this article
1: Bhupinder Singh Ghai (New Delhi, India), September 21, 2009, 4:49 AM.
I have read the editor's note. Nevertheless, sikhchic.com should refrain from publishing such stories. We really need good role models for young Sikhs, and not clothes-horses who just pose in skimpy attire in some gangsta rap video.
2: Ravinder Singh (Sydney, Australia), September 21, 2009, 5:49 AM.
I don't understand what this article has to do with Sikhism nor how it has anything to do with Sikh principles ...
3: Ajit Singh (Oregon, U.S.A.), September 21, 2009, 8:46 AM.
I am glad you posted this piece. Your readers need to know that Raminder came to Canada when she was 18 years old - that is, already a full-fledged product of Bollywood. We need to know what the prurient Indian scene is doing to many of our kids. Then, when they come abroad and the sky is the limit, they do what they do best - they excel in any line of endeavour they choose. For heaven's sake, don't blame Raminder and don't chide sikhchic.com for doing what it must do.
4: Basant Singh (New York, U.S.A.), September 21, 2009, 9:06 AM.
Hey, guys! Wake up and smell the coffee! This article has everything to do with you and me and with all Sikhs. Especially, if our home TV sets are programmed to desi channels and non-stop Bollywood fare. Imagine, Sikhs anywhere - in North America, in India, or anywhere else, for that matter, who are stupid enough to expose their children for hours of Bollywood movies and videos. Especially in view of the fact that Indian movies denigrate and insult us. Then we wonder how and why some of our kids go the wrong way. And we foolishly thrash about then and blame the most vulnerable ones in sight - our kids! For heaven's sake - wake up and smell the coffee, guys!
5: Resham Kaur (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), September 21, 2009, 9:20 AM.
Desis - and sadly we Sikhs too - must be the only ones in the world who let our kids watch the kind of stuff that Bollywood spews. Non-stop! And in our homes, while we stand around with them! Absolutely no concept of monitoring what our children see. We certainly deserve what we get as a result! Yeah, blame the kids!
6: Charanjit Kaur (Kanpur, India), September 21, 2009, 11:00 AM.
Feed your kids a steady diet of Bollywood videos, and there's a good chance you'll be the parent of such a 'model'. Carelessness, laziness and negligence in parenting guarantees you results.
7: Irvinder Singh Babra (Brantford, Ontario, Canada), September 21, 2009, 11:27 AM.
There is nothing wrong with Raminder Kaur as a model on the go.
8: Ravinder Singh (Sydney, Australia), September 22, 2009, 12:58 AM.
There is no hate or dislike against Raminder Kaur as a human being, but do we want our Sikh sisters / daughters acting like this?
9: Johnny Singh (London, England), September 22, 2009, 9:30 AM.
The honor-shame culture hand-wringing and moralizing is always disturbing to read, existing as it does on the same continuum with violence against, inter alia, Punjabi women and girls perpetrated by the warped principles of the honor-shame culture. To escape from it is a boon. I don't really like the kind of music scene that Raminder is part of, but that is just my taste. I hear echoes of the same rhetoric and hatred of women uttered for the most innocuous reasons when Sikh girls want to live their lives as free British, American or Canadian citizens as they please. For simple reasons like wanting to be independent, or refusing to marry according to the dictates of their family. At the most extreme, these result in honor killings. Here is some advice - stay in India if you want to continue oppressing, abusing and twisting girls and boys with a culture and mentality that is repressive and narrow minded. Deal with it.
10: Kaviraj Singh (Boston, U.S.A.), September 22, 2009, 2:37 PM.
So, okay, this will be slightly offensive, but something for everyone to think about, please don't take my thoughts the wrong way, but try to understand where I am coming from: Everyone is saying that Raminder Kaur is wrong for her actions/activities, etc. While that may be the case, are we any better? We all claim to be gursikhs (myself included) and many of us keep the Sikhi Saroop, and when we are in the physical presence of the Guru (aka Gurdwara), we act all holy 'n what not, but as soon as we hit the parking lot, it's a whole different ball game. Some Sikhs don't keep their kesh (men, that is) but will keep a dharrhi and wear a turban to the gurdwara. As soon as we get to the parking lot, the turban is off, bhangra blasting in the car, and they go to find the nearest bar/liquor store. We tell our children not to lie and live as honest gursikhs, and take them to Khalsa School at the local gurdwara, but at home, no one reads gurbani or does paatth or tries to even connect with the Guru in any way shape or form. Some Sikhs are known to be drunks, and now drug addicts (look at the condition in Punjab and the article by Gurmeet Kaur a few days ago on this website), so who are we to judge the actions of another? Guru ji says it clearly to us: Rehnee rahai sohe Sikh mera, oh sahib meh ous ka chera ... I think we all, myself included, need to become better gursikhs and then the others will follow. I do agree that the image of the Sikhs right now is not in the best light, but let's put ourselves in the best light by following the Guru's word as told in gurbani and slowly the image of the Sikhs will improve ... if we don't fix ourselves, how can we expect others to? Again, sorry if I offended anyone, that is not my intention.
11: Gurpal (Wolverhampton, U.K.), September 22, 2009, 5:51 PM.
Johnny, the previous readers' comments are about good parenting and role models. I didn't read anything about readers encouraging people to kill daughters, neither is this part of Sikhism. Looks like you are the one who has to deal with it. You are stereotyping to the extreme; I have no objection, like many of the sikhchic.com family, to Sikh girls / our daughters being independent; rather I go all out to encourage it and can expand on it in many different ways. However the discussion is about Sikh values.
12: Kiranjeet Kaur Dhillon (Shah Alam, Malaysia), September 22, 2009, 9:16 PM.
It's good to read articles like this depicting the lives of the Sikhs out of India. I for one am interested to learn of what goes on with the Sikh community around the world. sikhchic.com is doing a fabulous job by informing us about the lives of Sikhs and the possibilities for them in the western world. What's wrong with being a model? It's a legal job! Don't blame Bollywood influence, as in Malaysia we only have 2 Bollywood channels (Zee Tv & B4U); yet we have Sikh girls and boys modelling here! I think it's time that we think about being in the present than the past.
13: Charanjit Singh Sandhu (Canada), September 23, 2009, 1:46 PM.
What is so commendable in being signed to MURDERcap records and dancing in videos surrounded by dudes who probably want more than just tea after the video shoot? This hip hop/gangsta rap culture is such that women have been treated as sex objects who are merely in front of the camera to act as uneducated broads who are thrilled to dance in front of gangstas in clubs. I would never want my sister in that environment and will not promote Sikhs (men or women) in that light.
14: Parminder Singh (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), September 23, 2009, 4:43 PM.
It is good to see Indian girls get their due.
15: Gurmeet Kaur (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.), September 27, 2009, 10:52 AM.
Everyone has a right to be what they want to be in their life. At the same time, everyone has a right to be spiritual/Sikh in their own sense. Being a Sikh is not a specific mold or cast in which all that love the Guru will fit. To people who would never want their sisters or daughters in such fields - unfortunately, it is not important what you want for them - they are human beings with their own minds. It's what THEY want for themselves - that is what is important. All you can do is be a good role model and then give them their own space to grow up. And something else bothers me - not many people would have made a rattle if Raminder were a man.
16: Ari Singh (Limassol, Cyprus), September 28, 2009, 6:59 AM.
Well done, Raminder Kaur ... and well done, sikhchic.com!
17: S. Kaur (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), September 29, 2009, 10:12 AM.
Hi everyone: I think the range of reactions is very interesting. They also depict the range of experiences of young Sikh women across the world. While the experiences of a young girl or young woman may vary growing up in Delhi, Bombay, Copenhagen, Paris, New York and Oregon, in my humble opinion it is important that Sikh women be well represented in the various careers and aspects of life. Modeling, acting, singing, painting, are also important elements in the social cultural fabic that envelopes our world. I personally think it is commendable for a Sikh woman to excel in a an underrepresented field, and to really force the majority of the world to question their preconceptions of beauty. This is what it means to be an innovator in a field, and this is what we must understand of her work. The industry may have questionable elements, just as any industry, but to deny it's existence is to limit our own ability and capacity to change the future. Also, as a young woman, I personally find it really empowering that Raminder has been able to accomplish so much. I wish her the best of luck and can't wait to her future works.
18: Ziggy (Norway), November 11, 2009, 5:08 PM.
There is nothing wrong with modeling at all. As long as you respect yourself. This woman clearly doesn't. I would not have any difficulty if she was modeling in an artistic and tasteful way.
19: Jaishin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), December 28, 2009, 5:52 PM.
There's nothing wrong with posting this article here on sikhchic.com. This website is about Sikhs all over the world. So what is wrong with a Sikh model who is doing her job so well?