Nav is a Canadian Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer and Recording Artist from Toronto, Canada in the Northern part of America.
The artist who started music at an early age began his musical career through SoundCloud.
Following the success of his debut mixtape which featured established American rapper, Travis Scott, Nav soon had the spotlight shine immensely on him.
Read more to learn about his age, girlfriend, wiki, networth, bio, height, weight, family, ethnicity, nationality, religion, facts and more.
What is Nav’s real name?
Although he goes by the stage name, Nav, the Canadian music producer and recording artist was given the name Navraj Singh Goraya by his parents.
Nav Wiki/Biography
Navraj Singh Goraya, otherwise known by his career name ‘Nav’ was born on the 3rd of November, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The rapper comes from an immigrant Punjabi Jat Sikh family who are sons of Punjab in India.
This implies that by birth, Nav is an American and by descent, he is an Indian.
He was raised alongside his three siblings in the Rexdale neighborhood.
He had his basic education in a domestic School where he already started to give voice to his talents.
Nav did this by making mash-ups and producing beats for growing domicile underground artists in Toronto.
From here, Nav proceeded to West Humber Junior Middle School and Thistledown Collegiate Institute for his high school studies.
He had an extra year but eventually did graduate.
Upon graduation from High School, Nav moved to Metalworks Institute in Mississauga, Ontario in 2010 where he earned a diploma in Audio Production and Engineering.
| Real Name | Navraj Singh Goraya |
| Nickname | Nav |
| Profession | Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer and Recording Artist |
| Age | 35 (as of 2024) |
| Date of Birth | 3rd November, 1989 |
| Birthplace | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Homeplace | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Height | 5’8’’ |
| Weight | 78kg |
| Education | West Humber Junior Middle School Thistledown Collegiate Institute Metalworks Institute in Mississauga (2010) |
| Hobbies | Traveling, Trying new things, Hanging out with friends |
| Famous for | Rap, Singing, Songwriting, Music Production and Recording |
Nav Family and Girlfriend
As earlier said, Nav was born into a family of four with him sitting undefeated in the fourth and last position of children in the immigrant family, Punjabi Jat Sikh family precisely.
His father used to be a forklift operator while his mother got her hands on computer engineering at the time.
A family member who also identifies as Nav’s relative is his uncle who used to be a well-known Punjabi singer in India.
He was even one of those who contributed to Nav’s interest in the world of music.
An addition to his inspiration was his mother’s boombox.
When Nav was in third grade, his mother had gotten a boombox where music would echo from filling Nav’s ears so that he started to pay attention to how much details went into making sounds as hypnotizing as them.
Seeing his parent’s and uncle’s presence in his life, one may wonder about his siblings.
Unfortunately, there’s not much news about them as they are rather off the gram of fame.
He, Nav is also not known to be in any romantic relationship at least not publicly disclosed.
Nav Age, Height and More
The talented rapper was born on the 3rd November, 1989 thereby making him 35 years of age as of 2024.
He is 5’8’’ inches tall and weighs about 78 kilogram.
Nav has dazzling coffee brown eyes and shiny black hair he wears in lowcut over a striking face that gives away his ethnicity.
His body measurements 31-43-35. His shoe size is a 9 (US).
Career
The Toronto artist is one to easily say at an interview that he was always born for the microphone and stage.
This is because he came from a home where his talent was discovered on time and nurtured early enough.
His first production was done on the Sony’s ACID Pro Software.
He kept at the practise until he started to mix beats and produce for Underground rappers in Toronto.
Little did Nav know this was already preparing him for the stardom that awaited him as he had started to get credits on SoundCloud.
He paid more attention to this especially as he had no academic strengths at all to weigh options.
Before music, he took an apprenticeship job in a company but left later to focus on all he has ever longed for.
He was fortunate in his beginning days to produce beats for one of Canada’s most priced rapper, Drake.
Nav didn’t seem satisfied with this little fame so he continued to produce and sing as a solo artist.
Eventually, his song was aired on the “OVO Sound Radio Show” and that was about the motivation he needed to shoot higher from here.
He jumped on SoundCloud in 2015 and started to share his works on the music platform where he soon got a great deal of following after he released the song “Take Me Simple.”
In 2016, he got a hit collaboration with Travis Scott.
The duo jumped on Nav’s “Beibs in the Trap” which made the rounds on social media, especially because of it’s controversial lyrics which subtly teased a diss at Justin Bieber.
In the following year, he had his first record label signing with ‘XO’ and ‘Republic records.’
Since then Nas gone on to release over 5 studio albums, 4 mixtapes and 27 singles.
He is currently teasing a mixtape for the year.
Nav Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $7 million.
Facts
- He won his first award in 2018 where he was honored as the “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” by Juno Awards.
- He is quite controversial and firm about it.
