▁age ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁with ▁it ▁in ▁his ▁life ; ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁sang ▁and ▁played ▁small ▁gu it ars . ▁His ▁family ▁would ▁play ▁records ▁and ▁music ▁and ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁that ▁as ▁well . ▁From ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁two ▁he ▁would ▁bl end ▁songs ▁together ▁while ▁playing ▁his ▁guitar . ▁His ▁first ▁experiences ▁with ▁American ▁Id ol ▁( AI ) ▁was ▁watching ▁the ▁U . S . ▁version ▁online ▁while ▁growing ▁up , ▁he ▁also ▁learned ▁English ▁in ▁Nep al . ▁" I ▁got ▁my ▁first ▁guitar ▁from ▁my ▁mom ▁and ▁then ▁I ▁started ▁singing ▁along ▁to ▁any ▁song ▁I ▁could ▁hear ▁on ▁the ▁radio , ▁TV s , ▁you ▁know . ▁That ' s ▁when ▁the ▁dream ▁[ to ▁perform ] ▁started ." ▁His ▁family ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁W ich ita , ▁Kansas ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁eleven ▁but ▁he ▁remained ▁and ▁finished ▁school . ▁Later ▁he ▁would ▁sing ▁in ▁pub s ▁and ▁coffee ▁houses , ▁but ▁mainly ▁for ▁gather ings ▁of ▁friends ; ▁he ▁eventually ▁recorded ▁some ▁songs . ▁He ▁started ▁taking ▁his ▁singing ▁seriously ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 / 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁He ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁W ich ita , ▁Kansas ▁around ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁after ▁gradu ating ▁high ▁school , ▁and ▁following ▁his ▁sister s ▁who ▁were ▁in ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁and ▁then ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁his ▁parents ; ▁there ▁he ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁bl u egr