MUMBAI: The opening match of Mumbai Indians, fans witnessed a first of its kind song release during a cricket match at Wankhede. An avid MI fan and cricketer himself, Naved Shaikh, popularly known as Naezy premiered his new single Aafat Wapas amongst thousands of his cricket fans.

This single release has been supported by Big Bang Records and Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Joint managing director Ekta Kapoor shared, “At Balaji, we have always believed in giving an opportunity to promising artists. We always stood by ones passionate about creating their mark and will continue to do so.”

She further added, “We are proud and extremely excited to be associated with the hip and trendy Naezy for his comeback song. Aafat Waapas will be available on ALT Balaji and will be promoted across all our social media platforms, enabling Naezy to connect to newer audiences.”

The new single showcases his ‘Asli Mumbai’ and talks about his hunger for building the Hip Hop scene further.

“I have been working on this song for some time now and am very excited for its release. I am sure that people will relate to my rap,” said Naezy who had been waiting for this big bang comeback. “I am back and here to stay,” he added.

Naezy has been a pioneer in the genre and has inspired hip hop artists across the country to take to this craft. He will be travelling across cities over the next few weeks to meet his fans to launch this single starting with Jaipur, Hyderabad and Delhi this week.

Naezy won hearts of millions through his debut song Aafat in 2014 and thereby launched a whole new sub genre in hip hop. He created a niche for himself and his life story was also an inspiration in the movie Gully Boy. In 2015 he collaborated with fellow musician ‘Divine’ to create Mere Gully Mein which was a massive hit nationally and was also re-released in the movie Gully Boy garnering 50 + million hits.