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{{short description|Indian rapper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = IKKA
| image =
| caption = IKKA
| birth_name = Ankit Singh Patyal
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Delhi
| genre = [[Punjabi music|Punjabi]], [[Desi hip hop]], [[Bollywood music|Bollywood]], [[Rap Music]], [[Underground music]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|lyricist}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|piano|drums}}
| years_active = 2004
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]], Mass Appeal India (current), [[Speed Records]] , [[Universal Music India]], Fab Entertainment
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
* [[Diljit Dosanjh]]
* [[Guru Randhawa]]
* [[Dr Zeus]]
* [[Kanika Kapoor]]
* [[Kr$na (rapper)]]
* [[Neha Kakkar]]
* [[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]]}}
* [[Divine (rapper)]]
* [[Juggy D]]
* [[Jaz Dhami]]
| website = 
}}

'''Ankit Singh Patyal''', better known by his stage names '''IKKA''' and '''Ikka Singh''', is an Indian rapper and lyricist.

Ikka was introduced to Hip Hop genre during his school days by his friend Joel and post that he never looked back. He used to listen to various international hip hop artists during his early times to learn and enhance his rap skills. He kept on enhancing his skills and participated in various talent competitions and won in most of them during this period of his journey.

Soon after the trend of Desi Hip Hop began, Ikka joined forces with Lil Golu and Raftaar. They started recording songs on their own and uploaded their talent on social media sites through which they gained a lot of popularity among the youngsters.

As his journey moved forward, he met ADX and JB alongside music producer Gaurav dayal who supported the young talents and gave them a break as featuring artists with Mika Singh’s ‘Sher-e-Punjab’ song. The fresh approach in music allowed them to have their debut album recorded as a group named ‘Nau Sau Bai’ which was also the name of the trio group produced by Gaurav Dayal.

Ikka soon decided to move forward as a solo artist and through his hard work and dedication; managed to get noticed by a lot of well-known artists in the Punjabi music industry. He gained more popularity as a lyricist of ‘Main Fan Bhagat Singh Da’ performed by Diljit Dosanjh. Ikka wrote and featured in lots of hit songs for several well-known Punjabi artists eg. “This Singh is so stylish” ft. Diljit Dosanjh, “Khat” ft. Guru Randhawa, “Teddy Bear” ft. Kanika Kapoor, “Workout” JSL Singh, “Pasina” ft. Jaz Dhami, “Get Down” ft. Juggy D, Rishi Rich, “YoYo” ft. RS Chauhan etc.

He debuted in Bollywood music industry through his song ‘In Da Club’ for the movie “Tamanchey”. Post that he gave and featured in Bollywood’s mega hits such as “Paani Wala Dance”, “Jawani Le Doobi”, “Dilbar” remake, “Oh ho ho ho” remake, “Chamma Chamma” remake, “Mummy Kasam”, “Badri ki Dulhania”, “Kamariya” and many more.

His love for hardcore hip hop evolved and continued; resulting in his pure hip hop tracks “Shuruwat”, “Theek Hai Theek Hai” ft. Lil Golu, “Sapne”, “Interview”, “Hip to the Hop” etc. the success and recognition through these tracks inspired him to release his solo debut album “I” under the music label “Mass Appeal India” which gave mega Hip Hop tracks such as “Level Up” ft. Divine & Kaater, “Angaar” ft. Raftaar, “Gaane Waaley Rapper” ft. Lil Golu, “Maujjan” ft. Sikander Kahlon, “Demon” and a lot more. He is the second Indian rapper to be signed by Mass Appeal India.

==Discography==

===Bollywood===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Song
!Music
!Lyrics(s)
!Co-singer(s)
|-
|2014
|''[[Tamanchey]]''
|"In Da Club"
|colspan="2"|Ikka Singh
| -
|-
|rowspan="2"|2015
|''[[Kuch Kuch Locha Hai]]''
|"Paani Wala Dance"
|[[Arko Pravo Mukherjee]], Ikka,Intense
|Ikka
|[[Shraddha Pandit]], Arko Pravo Mukherjee
|-
|''[[Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon]]''
|"Billi Kat Gayee"
|[[Dr. Zeus]]
|Raj Ranjodh
|[[Rajveer Singh]], Dr. Zeus
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
|''[[Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3]]''
|"Jawani Le Doobi"
|[[Sajid–Wajid]]
|
|[[Kanika Kapoor]], Ankit Singh Patyal, Upender Verma
|-
|''[[Sanam Re]]''
|"Humne Pee Rakhi Hai"
|Epic Bhangra
|[[Kumaar]], Ikka
|[[Neha Kakkar]], [[Jaz Dhami]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|2017
|''[[Badrinath Ki Dulhania]]''
|"Badri Ki Dulhania"
|rowspan="2"|[[Tanishk Bagchi]]
||[[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]] ||[[Neha Kakkar]], [[Dev Negi]], [[Monali Thakur]]
|-
|''[[Machine (2017 film)|Machine]]''
|"Chatur Naar" Remake
|Niket Pandey, Ikka
|[[Nakash Aziz]], [[Shashaa Tirupati]]
|-
|''[[Hindi Medium]]''
|"Oh Ho Oh Ho"
|[[Sukhbir (writer)|Sukhbir]], [[Abhijit Vaghani]]
|Suhkbir, Ikka
|Sukhbir
|-
|''[[Poster Boys]]''
|"Kehndi Menoo"
|[[Rishi Rich]]
|Kumaar
|[[Yash Narvekar]], Sukriti Kakar
|-
|rowspan="7"|2018
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nawabzaade]]''
|"Mummy Kasam"
|rowspan="2"|Gurinder Sehgal
|[[Kunaal Verma]], Gurinder Sehgal
|Nakash Aziz, [[Payal Dev]], Gurinder Sehgal
|-
|"Amma Dekh"
|[[Kumaar]], Gurinder Sehgal
|Gurinder Sehgal, [[Sukriti Kakar]]
|-
|''[[Genius (2018 film)|Genius]]''
|"Pyar Le Pyar De"
|[[Himesh Reshammiya]]
|Shabbir Ahmed
|[[Dev Negi]], lulia Vantur
|-
|''[[Mitron]]''
|"Kamariya"
|DJ Chetas-Lijo George
|Kumaar
|[[Darshan Raval]]
|-
|''[[Bullets (2021)|Tina & Lolo]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Video: 'Dirty Girl' बनीं सनी लियोन और करिश्‍मा तन्ना, 'आपकी खिदमत में मैं..' हुआ रिलीज |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/entertainment/bollywood/sunny-leone-and-karishma-tannas-song-dirty-girl-release-watch-vidoe/461272 |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Zee News Hindi |date=25 October 2018}}</ref>
|"Dirty Girl"
| Embee, Ikka
| Ikka
| Embee, Shivangi Bhayana
|-
|''[[Baazaar]]''
| "Kem Cho"
|rowspan="3"|Tanishk Bagchi
|rowspan="3"|Shabbir Ahmed, Ikka
| [[Jyotica Tangri]]
|-
|''[[Satyamev Jayate (2018 film)|Satyamev Jayate]]''
|"[[Dilbar (song)|Dilbar]]" Remake
|Neha Kakkar, Dhvani Bhanushali
|-
|rowspan="3"|2019
|''[[Fraud Saiyyan]]''
|"[[Chamma Chamma]]" Remake
|Neha Kakkar, Arun, Romi
|-
|''[[Amavas]]''
|"Finito"
|[[Abhijit Vaghani]]
|[[Kunaal Verma]], Ikka
|[[Jubin Nautiyal]], [[Sukriti Kakar]]
|-
|''[[Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna]]''
|"Manmohini"
|Raaj Aashoo & DJ Emenes (MIB), Vicky & Hardik
|[[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]
|[[Mika Singh]], [[Kanika Kapoor]]
|}

'''<big>Singles</big>'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
Singles
!Year
!Track
!Music
!Singer(s)
!Label
|-
|2018
|"Theek Hai Theek Hai"
|Dj Harpz
|Ikka & Lil Golu
|FAB ENTERTAINMENT
|-
|2018
|<nowiki>''Interview''</nowiki>
|JSL
|Ikka
|FAB ENTERTAINMENT
|-
|2018
|<nowiki>''This is life''</nowiki>
|Sound Heightz
|Ikka
|FAB ENTERTAINMENT
|-
|2020
|<nowiki>''Hip To The Hop''</nowiki>
|HARDBAZY
|IKKA
|FAB ENTERTAINMENT
|}

===As featured artist===
*"Pasina" (2014, [[Jaz Dhami]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Virk|first1=Harpreet|title=Jaz Dhami's Pasina features Sneakbo and Ikka|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/jaz-dhamis-pasina-features-sneakbo-and-ikka|publisher=Desi Blitz|access-date=3 October 2015|date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
*"Bad Girl" (2014, Sherlyn Chopra)<ref>{{cite web|title=In today's world it's good to be bad|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/In-today%E2%80%99s-world-it%E2%80%99s-good-to-be-bad_-Sherlyn-Chopra/DNJAI46832|publisher=DNA|access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>
*"Teddy Bear" (2015, [[Kanika Kapoor]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Kanika's Teddy Bear|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/star-track/meet-kanika-s-teddy-bear/135532.html|publisher=Tribune India|access-date=3 October 2015|date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
*"Thing You Want" (2020, Wengie and Shalmali Kholgade)

===Soundtrack work===
*"In Da Club" (''[[Tamanchey]]'', 2014)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sur|first1=Prateek|title=Tamanchey song in Da Club: Ikka Singh revamps his old Punjabi track for the Nikhil Dwivedi-Richa Chadda starrer!|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/tamanchey-song-in-da-club-ikka-singh-revamps-his-old-punjabi-track-for-the-nikhil-dwivedi-richa-chadda-starrer/|publisher=Bollywood Life|access-date=3 October 2015|date=18 September 2014}}</ref>
*"This singh is so stylish" 2014 by MTV spoken word with [[Diljit Dosanjh]].
*"Pani Wala Dance" (''[[Kuch Kuch Locha Hai]]'', 2015, with Arko Pravo Mukherjee, [[Shraddha Pandit]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harikumar|first1=Subramanian|title=Kuch Kuch Locha Hai music review: Ikka, Arko and Ali Quli Mirza fail to come up with a sizzling album for Sunny Leone!|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kuch-kuch-locha-hai-music-review-ikka-arko-and-ali-quli-mirza-fail-to-come-up-with-a-sizzling-album-for-sunny-leone/|publisher=Bollywood Life|access-date=3 October 2015|date=5 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Sunny Leone' side up|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/sunny-leone-side-up/|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=3 October 2015|date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
*"Khat" 2015, with [[Guru Randhawa]]
*"Sapne" 2015 by MTV spoken Word
*"Half Window Down" 2016, with Neetu Singh and [[Dr Zeus]]
*"Sheesha Down" 2016 with Avi J and Sukhe Muzical Doctorz
*"Bholeynath" Ft. [[Millind Gaba]] 2016
*"Shuruwat"
*"Kurta Pajama" 2017 by RS Chauhan
*"Party Non-stop" 2017 by [[Jasmine Sandlas]], [[Dr Zeus]]
*"Playboy" by Ronnie Singh
*"Last Seen" by Ryan
*"Ladkiyan" by Nick
*"1mental"
*"Ikka Interview"
*"Banggtown" 2018, with [[Kuwar Virk]]
*"Tere Te" 2018, [[Guru Randhawa]]
*"[[Parichay (song)|Parichay]]" 2019, [[Amit Bhadana]]
*"Jassi" 2020, [[Payal Dev]]
*"Angar"Ft. [[Raftaar]], 2020
*"Villain" 2021, [ [[kr$na]], Karma]
*"Changa", IKKA x Aghor
*"Level Up", IKKA x Divine
*"Fearless", Karma Ft.IKKA
*"Pew Pew", Rawal, Bharg, IKKA

=== Albums ===

* "I" (2020)

{| class="wikitable"
!Songs
!Artists
!Written By
!Produced By
|-
|Level Up
|Ikka ft. [[Divine (rapper)|Divine]] & Kaater
|Ikka, Divine, Kaater
|DJ Missyk
|-
|Demon
|Ikka
|Ikka
|Sez On The Beat
|-
|Khatma
|Ikka
|Ikka
|Byg Byrd
|-
|Conversation
|Ikka
|Ikka
|Sez On The Beat
|-
|Gaanewale Rapper
|Ikka Ft. Lil Golu
|Ikka, Lil Golu
|Sez On The Beat
|-
|Ps4 Pro
|Ikka
|Ikka
|A-$HOCK
|-
|Aajkal
|Ikka
|Ikka
|Sez On The Beat
|-
|Maujjan
|Ikka Ft. Sikander Kahlon
|Ikka, Sikander Kahlon
|Phenom The Don
|-
|Angaar
|Ikka Ft. [[Raftaar]]
|Ikka, [[Raftaar]]
|Sez On The Beat
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/ikka-singh-rappers-write-what-youngsters-talk-150423 Ikka Singh: Rappers write what youngsters talk] at RadioandMusic.com Ikka Singh

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