Sparsh Shah


Sparsh Shah is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US.
He was born in 2003 in Iselin, New Jersey, to a family of Indian descent. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Music Studies at Berklee Online.
Sparsh has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a rare disorder also known as Brittle Bone Disorder. He had over 35 broken bones in his body at the time of birth. As of 2020, he has suffered from 125 fractures. Raised in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, he attended John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.
He has also been a motivational speaker, aiming to change many lives through his music and speech. He was featured in World's Greatest Motivators, Little Big Shots and Kaun Banega Crorepati. He is known for his viral cover video of Eminem's "Not Afraid" song. A documentary film, Brittle Bone Rapper was made on his journey in 2018.
He had visited India in 2019 and had an interview with Republic TV journalist Arnab Goswami. Sparsh Shah sang the Indian National Anthem at the Howdy, Modi! event the same year.
In 2022, as per Guinness World Record, Sparsh set a record for 'Longest raised leg hold'. The record is a part of impairment classifications.
In 2025, he was invited as a keynote speaker to the V-Malaysia Conference 2025 in Penang.

Career

  • 'Not Afraid Viral Cover song - 2016
  • 'TEDx Talks - 2017
  • 'The Maury Show' - 2017
  • 'Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 10 Finale - 2018
  • Little Big Shots' - 2018
  • Brittle Bone Rapper' documentary - 2018
  • 'Howdy, Modi! - 2019
  • Guinness World Record - 2022
  • V-Malaysia Conference - 2025

    Awards

  • Global Indian Award 2018
  • Guinness World Records