Nav is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer who gained mainstream attention after his song Myself went viral in 2016.Before embarking on his solo career, Nav had co-produced Drakes single Back to Back in 2015.He grew up in an immigrant Indian Sikh family that settled in Toronto. Nav (rapper) childhood photo.He commenced his passion for music when his mother bought him a boom box in third grade on Christmas.His uncle was a popular singer in India, who also happened to be an inspiration for him to get into music, in fact, he was the first person to have brought him to the studio.He started making mash-ups and producing beats for local underground Toronto artists while he was studying in high school.On 4 September 2015, his song Take Me Simple racked up over 10 million listeners on SoundCloud. Take Me Simple by Nav on SoundCloud.He gained fame when reality TV star Kylie Jenner made a video of her while singing his song Myself; she also posted it on Snapchat.In 2016, he co-wrote and solely produced American rapper and singer Travis Scotts song Beibs in the Trap; the song culminated at number 90 on the Us Billboard Hot 100, and by July 2016, it got certified as 2x platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after vending 2 million editions.On 15 February 2017, his single Some Way, which featured Canadian singer and label boss Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, professionally known as The Weeknd, was the top single from his debut self-proclaimed mixtape.