‘Welcome to Lion City, where we grew up HDB / Party on River Valley, with all of my karung gunis.’ Surely, you’ve heard his tongue-in-cheek raps spat in Singlish, Hokkien, Mandarin and what not. Or maybe you’ve seen his music vids ‘Lim Peh’ and ‘Lion City Kia’, where he struts down streets like the world is his for the taking. Pek Jin Shen goes by the moniker ShiGGa Shay, and he’s the freshest face in the local hip hop scene.
But it’s not all ghetto vibes and furious rhymes with the rapper, who declares ‘it’s in [his] blood to talk cock and sing song’. Just watch the video for ‘ShiGGa Morning’, his latest collab track with Inch Chua, and you’ll see the (slightly) softer side of him. (No worries, gentlemen, there’s still plenty of eyecandy to drool over.)
Safe to say this year has soared off to a good start for the co-founder of Grizzle Grind Crew. Our largest hip hop collective recently threw a big bash in honour of their second anniversary, celebrating the growth of the genre in the city. Here, ShiGGa lets us in on how being a Singaporean influences his sound.