Shaka Addresses The Nature Of Pain With Soulful ‘Walk’: Watch

Emerging Dancehall artist Shaka dropped haunting, soulful vocals on his latest single Walk.  Released on December 24, Walk was produced by Terro ChopCity Records and Tekktroniic Muziq.

“I wrote ‘Walk’ to address my own pain, and the concept of universal love during a time of sadness. You see, ‘Walk’, is a song that most people can relate to because all human beings have felt this sort of emotional pain at one time or another, everyone is always on a walk, a journey through the streets,” he said.

Born Shaquille Davis, he grew up in the Canaan Heights community of Clarendon, and attended Foga Road High School where he first fell in love with music. As a teen, he idolized slain US rapper 2Pac who remains his main musical influence.

“Music was my first choice from high school and when I left, I spent all my time developing my abilities and writing continuously,” he said.

He recorded his first song, ‘Falling Soldier’ in 2016.

Skaka endeavours to make music that is both “emotional and inspirational” while remaining relatable to the masses.

He scored his first major hit with the emotionally charged single, ‘Karma’, which was produced by Terro ChopCity Records and Tekktroniic Muziq. The song addresses the consequences of a gangster lifestyle.

“Karma is a reality song that motivates and help people to protect themselves and reminds them that what goes around comes around,” he said.

Shaka is part of a collective of artists dubbed WestSide, which is Shaka’s team and includes other artists such as Kun Don.