New York drill is on the rise.
It all started in Brooklyn when Bobby Shmurda dropped Hot N***a back in 2014.
Now artists from the Bronx are on the come up with their own drill sound,
and one of the artists leading the wave is a dude by the name of Sha Ek.
But more success means more problems,
and “Jiggy Man” is making enemies with everyone.
Here’s what’s going on.
Sha Ek was born and raised in the Courtlandt projects of the Bronx.
The Bronx has always been one of the wildest spots in the city,
and today it’s more dangerous than ever.
Growing up, Sha Ek was surrounded by crime and violence
and he jumped off the porch at just 13-years-old.
Early on the rapper had to deal with some wild rumors.
When he first started blowing up, word on the street was -
that he and his sister was both victims of a drive-by shooting.
But in an interview, Sha said that the story was all cap.
He and his sister both got shot, but he got hit a whole year before her
and wasn’t even with her when she got shot.
But that ain’t stopped his opps from using the info to diss him,
including fellow Bronx drill rapper DThang.
DThang is another artist from the area who’s making waves in the industry.
He’s from the YGz or Young Gunnas, who are known to beef with Sha’s crew.
Sha is from the OGz or Original Goons.
The YGz and OGz used to be the same gang and ran the Courtlandt territory together.
But then one of the founding members of the YGz crossed someone else in the crew,
then they split off and formed the OGz.
Sha might be the most hated rapper in the Bronx right now,
but the YGz are definitely the most hated gang.
They’re known to beef with everyone, even blood relatives who rep other sets.
DThang is actually Kay Flock’s cousin.
Flock is from another Bronx gang called Sevside, who also beef with the YGz.
So they opps even though they family.
DThang dropped a diss track called Talk Facts where he sent shots at all his enemies,
including Sha Ek.
On the track he raps
“Jiggy man dumbass got hit That’s word on my mother they never do ****.”
Jiggyman is Sha Ek’s nickname,
which is also the title of one of his most popular songs,
Jiggyman This Jiggyman That.
So, this bar is talking about the time Sha got shot but never got payback.
But this was actually a mild response to a line that Sha put out a few months before.
On the track D&D with Blockwork, Sha rapped:
“There’s a whole lotta opps I could smoke, but I’d rather just smoke on Delila.”
Delila Vasquez was a 20-year-old woman that DThang was close friends with.
In March 2021, she was shot in the head in an abandoned apartment complex
that was a known gang spot.
She wasn’t affiliated with any sets, but a lot of her friends were.
It was pretty disrespectful.
But with this line, Sha proved that nothing was off limits in Bronx drill.
Sha and DThang’s beef looked like it could escalate at any moment,
but then DThang got picked up by the police
and is facing a weapons possession charge.
On November 11th, 2021,
DThang and his homies got pulled over.
The cops found a pistol with the serial number scratched off,
so DThang got booked on 2nd-degree weapons possession.
With DThang and Kay Flock both locked up,
the drill scene in the Bronx is almost wide open for someone to claim the top spot.
Sha Ek plans on taking the crown for himself,
but with all the beef he has in the city,
there are a lot of people who want to see him fail.
Even dudes he used to be cool with turned against him.
He used to rock with another rapper from Courtlandt named B Lovee,
who originally introduced him to Dougie B and Kay Flock.
Kay Flock is one of the hottest Bronx rappers out right now.
Even though he just started dropping music a few months ago,
he’s already buzzing in the city.
But right now he’s locked up on a murder charge
for allegedly killing a dude in Harlem back in December.
Sha Ek was cool with all of them back in the day
and they even collaborated on a few tracks,
but street politics got in the way and now they’re on separate sides.
No one knows exactly what went down that caused the split
because none of them want to talk about it publicly.
Fans and interviewers have pressed Sha to speak on it,
but he just says there’s no real problems and that “****** know what it is.”
He was also friends with another Bronx rapper named Blockwork.
Their collab track D&D is Sha’s most popular song on Spotify with over four million plays,
but something happened and now they’re beefing.
It ain’t clear why they not cool no more,
but a few months ago Sha hopped on IG Live to air Blockwork out.
He said “You a *****’ bum ass n****.
Gonna break your ******’ face.
D&D is dumb trash you bum ass *****.
That’s your best track.”
Then Sha challenged him to link up,
but it don’t seem like anything happened outside social media.
Then the dude who manages Blockwork claimed Sha Ek was signed to him,
but Sha went on IG Live again and said it was all cap.
In the same video he called out all of his opps and even started dissing the dead.
He screamed about his old homie Dougie B getting shot in the leg,
Dougie B got shot in the leg what the ****?
Free keeps I know you going to up.
**** you talking about?
Dougie B got shot in the leg!
then said “Free Flock.
All y’all n***a’s music doing bad now.
Y’all need him.”
Free Flock.
We have ****** doing bad now.
Then Sha said he’s gonna be smoking on Flock when they do free him
and that he’s gonna be the fifth dead DOA member of the year,
another name for Flock’s set.
Free Flock I need him.
But free him cuz you know what we gonna do.
Yo you know I want to free him.
Put that ***** like this you heard?
You gonna be the 5th
DEAD
DOA member **** you talking about?
Blockwork hopped on Instagram Live to respond.
He told Sha “Go get a new ******’ coat,
you a bum ass n****.”
Ok go get a new ****** coast
You a bum ass ******
Sha was notorious for wearing the same orange Moncler coat all the time,
and Blockwork ain’t the only dude who clowned him for it.
Blockwork then told him
“Your sister got shot, you ain’t do nothin’ to the opps.
Word on my mother ***** you really a ***** *** *****.
Like, ya ***** be selling her *****.
That ***** got OnlyFans and all that…
Don’t ever come out your ****** mouth talkin’ about my moms and my sister,
‘cause you’re not even like that.
You need to get back for your sister.
How you gonna touch another ***** sister?
When I see you, you better have the same energy.”
Don't ever come out your mouth talking about my moms or my sister
cuz you not even like that *****
You need to get back for your sister how can you touch another ***** sister
You ***** up with my mother *****
Now when I see you ***** you better have the same energy
Sha also implied in an interview
that Blockwork had snitched on one of their homies
and that’s why they’re not cool anymore.
But there’s rumors that it’s because Sha ain’t pay Blockwork for his feature on D&D.
Nobody knows the full story,
but whatever happened must have been pretty serious
for the situation to get bad so quickly.
Sha also said he’s responsible for Blockwork even having a career,
but now that they got issues it’s hard to believe everything they say.
Sha ain’t even start off as a drill rapper.
He was always interested in music, but never really took it seriously.
Back in the day he would freestyle with B Lovee and other dudes from the block,
but he only started taking music seriously as a career when he lost some close friends.
After he lost a few homies to the streets,
Sha said it made him focus in and find a way out.
He recorded a couple of tracks under the name Jiggy Man,
but they never really popped off.
At first he was using an auto tuned style,
but when he started using his naturally raw and aggressive voice
to lay down hard drill bars, people started paying attention.
One of the wildest things about Sha Ek is that he’s still an active high school student.
He’s currently a junior right now, and still goes to school.
A ton of rappers drop out to hustle in the streets or studio,
but it seems like Sha wants to do it all.
A lot of fans are worried about him being seen in the same place every day
where the opps know his location.
But Sha ain’t even trippin about it.
Even though he’s got enemies all over the place, he’s sending a message
that he ain’t afraid to live his life.
A few months ago it looked like Sha was having some issues
with a label deal he signed when he was 16.
He posted an Instagram story that said
“FREE ME OUT THIS BAD DEAL WHEN I SIGNED I AINT HAVE LAWYER
****** COLLECTING MONEY OF MY MUSIC.”
Record labels are notorious
for taking advantage of young artists who don’t know any better,
and it looked like the same thing was happening to Sha Ek.
Then in March 2022,
he posted an Instagram story showing off 40K in cash.
His homie posted about him getting signed to a new deal,
but as of right now no one knows the details.
He’s also dropping new music and still dissin his opps.
On his latest track Don’t Forget That, he opens up a verse with
“Smokin’ on CHII, we don’t give a fuck.”
Sha is talking about a Bronx drill rapper named CHII WVTTZ
who was shot and killed outside a music studio in February.
CHII was an 18-year-old Bronx native who was affiliated with Kay Flock
and Dougie B but it ain’t clear if Sha actually had beef with CHII,
or if he just dissed him to get at Flock and Dougie.
But he clearly wanted to send a message.
Sha Ek is making a name for himself in the industry,
but he’s also making a lot of enemies.
Luckily he recognizes how dangerous the Bronx is and wants to make it out.
Too many rappers get rich and stay in their hood,
then end up getting killed on their own block by opps.
But Sha says that he knows sticking around will only lead to more issues,
so he’s getting out once his career takes off.
With this new record deal he signed,
maybe he’ll get out of the Bronx before all the beef catches up to him.
The Bronx drill scene is starting to blow up right now.
But some of its most popular artists are going at it
and getting locked up left and right.
Hopefully, Sha Ek can stay focused on his music
before he ends up in a situation like Kay Flock or DThang.
But he’s got so many problems with people from his own hood,
that it may be tough to leave the streets alone for good.