the bilz and kashif first won over the masses with their collaboration 2 step bhangra which led to the solidification of the canadian group the then released their album followup album breaking barriers providing us with hits like on the dancefloor and single now the group is back with the new album the trinity and we caught up with the group to get some inside scoop on the releasethe international success youre enjoying now must be so overwhelming but one of the subjects you touch on in your music is that of struggling and paying dues what were the challenges and struggles that you had to overcome to reach the point youre at nowwere very proud of our story because we really started from the bottom todays generation sometimes forgets that success comes from years of hard work i remember when the bilz kashif first came on to the scene people would think we were overnight successes that would make us laugh so much because that wasnt our reality and besides even overnight successes arent overnight we were all on our individual grind for years until we decided to grind together as a unit our challenge was to help to create and build the industry and make our mark and take our place in the urban desi scene as a legendary group back then it was rishi jay sean juggy d raghav sona family etc we helped create the movement in north america we made sacrifices we put in the time we put in the hard work energy and passion to get where we are today in addition weve actually paved the way for a lot of new artists to be a product of north america and showcase that talent kashif youre a singersongwriter formerly of a boy band master d is a producer and vicious is a dj how do you feel you complement each other coming up through these different areas and what do you bring out in each other the reason why we decided to unite come together and create the bilz kashif is because we felt our experiences would complement each other having singers a songwriter and a djrapper mc in the same team felt like we were putting together a supergroup when youre putting together a championship winning team you look for people who are incredibly committed persevering talented great listeners and have the same goals and dreams we had that this is why it works many have copied our formula since then is asian influence in mainstream music seen as too different and novelty is the industry unwilling to take a chance on itthis is something that always really puzzles us back in those days we had the latin reggaeton explosion we recently had psy with gangnam style that broke all kinds of records anything can happen in the mainstream music industry its just a matter of the mainstream industry to hop on to it who knows maybe the indian sound