MUMBAI: born in Bihar while brought up in Delhi, YouTube sensation Abhinav Prateek aka Abby Viral dropped out of B.Tech in his second year to begin his entrepreneurial career. He didn’t want to conform to the norms of the society.

Known for his highly motivational and inspiring content, Abby started his YouTube channel in 2017 just when he had decided to give up on life post a substantial setback. “I started a company, which was going through ups and downs, and I was about to give up. Earlier there were motivational videos that I used to put up, they started getting a great response.”

His first rap song music video went on to hit two million views. 

Abby’s recent song Karo Matdan received a huge response from public and became viral. It is One Digital Entertainment, whose Abby is a part of, encouraged him to write lyrics of Karo Matdan, a rap video by Shah Rukh Khan. He is close to receiving a million subs My aim is to receive ten mn views in two years.

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Abby was left highly motivated when honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally applauded the video and even re-tweeted it.   

Abby started his first company called Huppme, an online gifting website with just 8,000 rupees in hand. Today it’s value is in millions of rupees. He also had a minor stint as a magician a few years back and has left not a single auditorium or street in Delhi where he has entertained people with his magic tricks. “I would do more videos pertaining to street magic for my YouTube channel.”

His recent work includes collaboration with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Guru Randhawa, Hardy Sandhu, SRK amongst others. He has motivated thousands of students following invitations from renowned institutions like Delhi University, NIT Silchar and more. Abby also proudly owns stakes/mentoring seven companies.

He spoke about his upcoming plans, “I am planning to come up with four to five singles in association with One Digital Entertainment, among which, one will be a breakup song.”

Abby is just a few thousand away to reaching his one million subscribers mark on YouTube.