Lagos, Nigeria — AP Dhillon, mawakin Punjabi da ya shahara a duniya, ya fara wasan basketball a Gurdaspur, Punjab, yayin da yake aji na 8. A takaice, idan abin da ya faru ya riga ya canza, munayin AP Dhillon, dan wasan basketball, maimakon mawakin. “Ina sha’awar wasan basketball, kuma ina son zama ɗan wasa a NBA ko kuma a Indiya,” in ji mawakin. “Na fara rayuwa da wuya, kuma lokacin wasa na kulla ya zama mafaka gare ni daga rayuwar yau da kullum. Ban yi tunanin aiwatar da abubuwan maziyarta ba, Indiana kadai na son ci nasara,” in ji da daɗi.
Me ya sa ya canza sheƙara zuwa muzik? “Garin nan gida yana da minti 25 daga yankin kanƙara, kuma kayan aiki ba su da yawa. Idan mun rusa komai a filin wasa, kama ring ko net, aiwatar da aikin gyarawa zai daɓe, mun circuita kudin daga iyayeneku mu maidawa,” in ji. Saboda dalilai na kayan aiki da kudi, burinsa bai wuce filin wasa na gida ba.
AP Dhillon ya koma Kanada a 2015, tsakanin karatunsa da aikin yi a tashoshin man, ya canza daga wasa kowace rana zuwa kawai a karancin kwanaki. “Idan kuna aiki sau 12 na awa a yau, ban yi tunanin abin da kuke so ba, kuma kuna cikin yanayi na rayuwa, kuna alhanga da kudin da zaku iya yi,” in ji. Da yake yake ci gaba da aikinsa na waka, basketball ya rugu zuwa bayanta.
Yanzu, yana aikin haɗin gwiwa da NBA don bugu na 22 na wasan Ruffles All-Star Celebrity, wanda zai watsa a Indiya ranar Sabtu, 15 ga Fabrairu. Mawakin Indiya zai samame da tauraron kamar Druski, Noah Kahan, Shaboozey, Mickey Guyton, Tucker Halpern, Masai Russell, Shelby McEwen, Rome Flynn, da Danny Ramirez. “Hadin gwiwa ne ga ni, kuma ina son in dinka basketball saboda soyayya da wasa kuma in samar da damammaki ga abokain daga yanzu ba su da su,” in ji.
In ji, “Idan na dawo Gurdaspur a 2019, na tafi wasa kwalba lokacin na kafe ring bayan na yi bugun, saboda ban ci dunk ba. Na yi gyara kafin na bar garin nan domin yara zsu iya ci gaba da wasa,” in tefe da daɗi. Tare da haɗin gwiwa, ina son in ja matawashin k Kokarin koya da bunkasa wasa na basketball.
Kuma yanzu, NBA ta faɗaɗa hadin gwiwa da YouTube don watsa wasannin na kai a Indiya, gami da wasannin yau da suka haɗa da NBA All-Star 2025, NBA Playoffs, da NBA Finals 2025. Majagaba na zana iya kallon wasannin a kan YouTube kai tsaye.
