In Hinduism, Kamsa or Kansa (Sanskrit: कंस), often known as Kans in Hindi, is the brother of Devaki, and ruler of the Vrishni kingdom with its capital at Mathura. His father was King Ugrasena and mother was Queen Padmavati. However, out of ambition and upon the advise of his personal confidante, Banasura, Kamsa decided to overthrow his father and install himself as the King of Mathura. Therefore, upon the guidance of another advisor, Chanur, Kamsa decided to marry the two daughters of Jarasandha, King of Magadha, who was, in turn, a friend of Banasura. Their names were Asti and Prapti.

In reality, Kamsa was not the biological son of Ugrasena^{[citation needed]}. In the Bhagavata Purana, it is revealed that once a demon, Kalanemi, who in his previous birth had tried to stop Lord Hanuman from taking the Sanjivani to the wounded Lakshmana, was flying over the city of Mathura and upon viewing Padmavati's irresistible beauty, he took the form of Ugrasena and seduced her, resulting in the birth of Kamsa. This fact was unknown to Kansa and the wide public at that stage.

André Gerardus Hazes (June 30, 1951 – September 23, 2004) was a Dutch singer in a genre called levenslied (song about life) which is a form of emotional folk music about everyday life sung in the Dutch language. André Hazes was one of the most successful singers in this genre. Hazes recorded 31 studio and live albums and he released 54 singles.

Hazes was born in 1951 in Amsterdam's De Pijp-area. At the age of eight, he was discovered at the famous Albert Cuyp Market by comedian Johnny Kraaykamp and made his television debut in AVRO's Weekendshow. A single, "Droomschip", was released and became a minor hit.

Hazes pursued several odd-jobs before building up a reputation as a singing bartender in his hometown. In 1976 he wrote and demoed "Eenzame Kerst", a song about a prisoner's lonely Christmas, for singer Willy Alberti hoping that he would record it (as a possible sequel track to his crime-song "De Dievenwagen"); Alberti suggested that Hazes recorded it himself and helped him signing to Philips Records. "Eenzame Kerst", backed by a cover-version of "De Dievenwagen", became a No. 1 -hit by the end of the year.

Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana, India) is an Indian singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi and Kannada movies, as well as films in Tamil, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Telugu. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi movies. He had changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology, but later returned to the original spelling 'Nigam'.

Sonu Nigam began his singing career at the age of three, when he joined his father on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada". From then on Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage years he successfully participated in several music competitions. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.

His initial years in Mumbai proved to be a struggle, beginning by singing covers of Mohammed Rafi songs, mainly for a number of Rafi Ki Yaadein albums released by T-Series. T-Series promoter Gulshan Kumar played a key role in identifying Nigam's talent by giving him a chance to reach a larger audience. These albums contributed to T-Series for some years although Nigam's singing style was regarded by some to be like that of a "Rafi clone". Nigam's first movie song as a playback singer was Janam (1990), which was never officially released. He also got a break in radio commercials until he appeared on the popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma, after which there was no turning back. He was trained by classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.