Sh8kes faucets West Coast Rap legend The Grouch for his new single, “Transfer On”
The track arrives forward of his upcoming efficiency at this weekend’s M.A.P. Fest alongside Dizzy Wright, AJ McQueen, and others
At present (2.20.2025), printed 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 Dwelling Legends.
The track serves as Sh8kes’ first new launch since his 2024 EP, ‘Vital Ache’.
“This observe is in regards to the worth and energy in letting go and transferring on. Generally that’s onerous to do due to the love you may need for somebody, however there comes a time after we begin to change into dangerous to ourselves with resentment. I needed to be taught this the onerous manner. It’s normally finest to only let go and transfer on earlier than you begin to change into a burden to your self. By letting go, you make room for relationships that encourage progress, alternatives that align together with your objective, and love that nurtures your soul. It’s a daring leap right into a life the place you now not accept much less however attempt for the perfect 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 might bear in mind, so I requested him if he might add a verse to the document and he was more than pleased to. Initially, the document had a distinct instrumental produced by my little brother. Once I bumped into a difficulty with getting the document 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 combined and mastered the document, and now we’re right here.”
Sh8kes’ “Transfer On” can be accessible now to stream and cop on all main digital streaming platforms!!!
Sh8kes will be a part of AJ McQueen, Dizzy Wright, and a number of others onstage on the first ever Music And Poetry (M.A.P.) Competition 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 optimistic change in his group by way of his work.
Sh8kes writes from a spot of transparency and private expertise in his poetry.
By blunt lyricism, ache and a fascinating voice, his work is, directly, immersive and emotionally stirring.
“Sh8kes’ poetry is the bass from a automotive speaker…the laughter from the barbershop…a bit of nook folklore,” says award-winning artist, educator, and printed poet Dasan Ahanu. “His poetry is filled with honesty, emotion, and can. It displays our lives… the battle, the fun, and the resilience it takes to make it. It’s blue-collar brilliance. It’s phrases for and from the folks.”
Sh8kes’ mom wrote poetry, however his real love for spoken phrase was born from his discovery of considered one of Southern rap’s most coveted voices, Large Rube (of the Dungeon Household).
As a fan of OutKast and Southern rap music, Rube impressed Sh8kes to put in writing poetry himself on the age of seven and led him to review the greats similar to Langston Hughes, and the like.
Sh8kes’ full circle second arrived in 2021 with the discharge of ‘Likelihood 2 Change‘, his debut music challenge narrated fully by Rube.
The seven-track challenge served as a private testimony of therapeutic and progress by way of love, life classes, reference to household, and rather more.
Exterior of his artwork, Sh8kes can be the Founder and head chef of Durham, North Carolina’s standard Bull Metropolis Dawgs.