Shaq Rayes grew up in manchester as the first son of two DJs who met in the UK club scene in the late 90s, per the soundcloud bio. the 2021 debut singles Money and Remedy picked up over 900 million views on tiktok as sounds in other people's videos and ads, done independently, and they are still the top two on last.fm.
the same bio lists composer credits in the south korean scene with Taemin, EXO and Monsta X, and says the whole discography so far is self-produced and self-composed, from the afro-leaning Take Control to the bassline of GAME OVER.
Rayes weaves effortlessly in and out of styles where most other artists wouldn't dare venture.
shaq rayes' soundcloud bio, read 2 november 2026
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