TL;DR
'Old Skool' is a Punjabi single by Sidhu Moose Wala, featuring Prem Dhillon, produced by The Kidd, released in October 2018 on the Brown Boys label. The track became one of Sidhu's signature songs in his lifetime and one of the most-streamed Punjabi tracks globally after his death in May 2022. The official title uses the spelling 'Old Skool', though the zero-spelled variant '0ld Skool' is common in fan uploads and SEO-driven listings. The song lives on Sidhu Moose Wala's official YouTube channel and across Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. It has no relationship to skool.com, the community SaaS platform — the shared 'skool' spelling is a coincidence of branding conventions that go back decades. If you arrived here looking for the song, you are in the right place; if you wanted the platform, scroll to the disambiguation section.
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The song facts
Sidhu Moose Wala released 'Old Skool' in October 2018, roughly two years into his commercial career. The credits: vocals by Sidhu and Prem Dhillon (a frequent collaborator who also features on other Brown Boys releases), production by The Kidd, lyrics primarily by Sidhu. The track sits inside the broader Punjabi hip-hop/pop crossover sound that Sidhu helped popularize — heavy 808s, melodic vocal hooks, and lyrical references to Punjabi culture, vintage cars, and the artist's roots. The music video was filmed in a stripped-down style and uploaded to Sidhu's official YouTube channel, where it has accumulated hundreds of millions of views. The song is officially streamable on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, JioSaavn, and Gaana, with metadata consistent across the major platforms.
Why it became iconic
Old Skool was a hit on release in 2018, but its cultural relevance amplified enormously after Sidhu Moose Wala's death in May 2022. Streaming numbers surged across his catalog as fans worldwide engaged with his music in a new way. Old Skool became one of the canonical tracks people reach for when introducing Sidhu's work to new listeners — accessible, melodic, and emotionally direct without the political weight some of his other songs carry. The lyrical premise (a nostalgic look at the artist's earlier days and roots) reads differently posthumously, which has driven its sustained presence on memorial playlists. Beyond official streams, the track has spawned dozens of unofficial remixes — slowed-and-reverbed, drill, mashups, bass-boosted edits — that extend its reach across YouTube and SoundCloud.
If you actually meant skool.com
Skool.com is the community SaaS platform founded by Sam Ovens in 2019. It hosts paid coaching communities — creators selling monthly access to private groups with weekly live calls. The platform charges $99/month flat per community, ships exactly five surfaces (feed, classroom, calendar, chat, leaderboard), and got mainstream attention after Alex Hormozi invested in April 2023. Skool has no relationship to Sidhu Moose Wala, Brown Boys, The Kidd, Punjabi music, or any music industry entity. The shared 'skool' spelling is a coincidence — both use the stylized misspelling of 'school' that has been a hip-hop and youth-culture branding convention since the 1990s, but their contexts are entirely separate. Tools that work with the Skool platform (like tools4skool, which automates community workflows) are likewise unrelated to music.
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