Background
Bilal was born in London, England, and moved to Northampton at the age of 12 and started writing songs and putting them online.
Bilal was born in London, England, and moved to Northampton at the age of 12 and started writing songs and putting them online.
His initial success came with "I Wanna Be" that was on rotation on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Northampton. In March 2010, Shahid released "Belong to Maine" his debut single that features Yemi Pade. lieutenant was broadcast on ethnic stations, including British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network.
A music video was shot for the song.
He has collaborated with artists such as EyeC, Fab, Yemi Pade, Mat-East-Rich, Irfan Chaudhry and producers like Spookzville and WZDM. In April 2011, his second single "Can"t Live Alone" was released, which was written by himself and included a combination of rapping and singing. In December 2011, his European Parliament About Us: The Ultimate Love Story was released, featuring artists EyeC and Fab.
On 15 April 2012, his third single "Scream Out Loud" was released, featuring Military Cross/Rapper Raxstar. The song was produced by Quantize Music and written by Shahid himself with Raxstar"s verse being written by Raxstar.
Shahid is currently under the same management as Raxstar who are both managed by Khalid Khan who is based in London.
In 2014 and 2015, Shahid featured in three episodes of comedy web series Corner Shop Show.