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CURTIS WATERS
12+ albums
rappopnepalhip hoppop rock
about
Abhinav Bastakoti (born December 20, 1999), known by his stage name Curtis Waters, is a Canadian-American musician and songwriter. He is known for his self-produced 2020 debut single "Stunnin'". He is the first Nepal-born musician to attain international success. Abhinav Bastakoti was born on December 20, 1999 in Kathmandu, Nepal. At a young age he moved to India, before moving to Germany at the age of 4, then Calgary, Canada at the age of 10 At the age of 14 Bastakoti returned to Nepal for three months to receive his Bratabanda, a complex Hindu coming of age ceremony. Around this time he downloaded FL Studio onto his laptop and started making beats. Posting them online in 2017 as Frank Waters, before changing it to Curtis Waters a homage to his two favourite artists Joy Divisions’s Ian Curtis and Frank Ocean. As a teenager attending Sir Winston Churchill High School he struggled with depression and used music and graphic design to overcome it. He would often skip school to compete in beat battles. At the age of 17, he moved to Cary, North Carolina as a result of his parents' educational pursuits. In April 2020, Waters posted a 15-second snippet of his hip hop/pop song, "Stunnin'" which became a "viral TikTok sensation." In one month, "Stunnin'" was viewed more than two million times on YouTube. In June, "Stunnin'" was ranked #3 on Rolling Stone's Breakthrough 25 Chart. By July 2020, "Stunnin'" had been streamed over 35 million times on Spotify. Waters was chased by nume
