Sh8kes faucets West Coast Rap legend The Grouch for his new single, “Transfer On”
The tune arrives forward of his upcoming efficiency at this weekend’s M.A.P. Fest alongside Dizzy Wright, AJ McQueen, and others
At this time (2.20.2025), revealed creator, motivational speaker, enterprise proprietor, spoken phrase poet, and native North Carolinian Robin “Sh8kes” Williamson shares his poignant new single “Transfer On”.
Produced by Skii, and that includes a visitor verse from the Bay Space’s personal The Grouch of Residing Legends.
The tune serves as Sh8kes’ first new launch since his 2024 EP, ‘Obligatory Ache’.
“This monitor is concerning the worth and energy in letting go and shifting on. Typically that’s arduous to do due to the love you might need for somebody, however there comes a time after we begin to grow to be dangerous to ourselves with resentment. I needed to be taught this the arduous means. It’s normally greatest to simply let go and transfer on earlier than you begin to grow to be a burden to your self. By letting go, you make room for relationships that encourage development, alternatives that align together with your goal, and love that nurtures your soul. It’s a daring leap right into a life the place you now not accept much less however try for one of the best model of your self… I wrote and recorded this poem nearly three years in the past. Round this time, DJ Contemporary launched me to The Grouch. I had been a fan of his and Murs for so long as I may keep in mind, so I requested him if he may add a verse to the file and he was very happy to. Initially, the file had a distinct instrumental produced by my little brother. After I bumped into a difficulty with getting the file cleared, I went into the lab with Skii, we got here up with one thing totally different and despatched it again over to The Grouch, who then put me in contact with audio engineer extraordinaire Starski, who blended and mastered the file, and now we’re right here.”
Sh8kes’ “Transfer On” can also be accessible now to stream and cop on all main digital streaming platforms!!!
Sh8kes will be part of AJ McQueen, Dizzy Wright, and a bunch of others onstage on the first ever Music And Poetry (M.A.P.) Pageant this Saturday (2.22.2025), as part of the annual God Physique Weekend in Houston, Texas.
Tickets for this occasion can be found now to cop by way of Eventbrite!!!
Extra About Sh8kes:
Creator, poet, motivational speaker, and enterprise proprietor Robin “Sh8kes” Williamson was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina.
As a reformed gang member, Sh8kes seeks to encourage youthful generations, and create constructive change in his group by means of his work.
Sh8kes writes from a spot of transparency and private expertise in his poetry.
By blunt lyricism, ache and a charming voice, his work is, directly, immersive and emotionally stirring.
“Sh8kes’ poetry is the bass from a automobile speaker…the laughter from the barbershop…a bit of nook folklore,” says award-winning artist, educator, and revealed poet Dasan Ahanu. “His poetry is filled with honesty, emotion, and can. It displays our lives… the battle, the thrill, and the resilience it takes to make it. It’s blue-collar brilliance. It’s phrases for and from the individuals.”
Sh8kes’ mom wrote poetry, however his real love for spoken phrase was born from his discovery of one in all Southern rap’s most coveted voices, Huge Rube (of the Dungeon Household).
As a fan of OutKast and Southern rap music, Rube impressed Sh8kes to jot down poetry himself on the age of seven and led him to review the greats comparable to Langston Hughes, and the like.
Sh8kes’ full circle second arrived in 2021 with the discharge of ‘Probability 2 Change‘, his debut music challenge narrated fully by Rube.
The seven-track challenge served as a private testimony of therapeutic and development by means of love, life classes, reference to household, and way more.
Outdoors of his artwork, Sh8kes can also be the Founder and head chef of Durham, North Carolina’s in style Bull Metropolis Dawgs.
