Shaq Rayes is a mixed-genre singer-songwriter based in Manchester, UK. His music explores the fantasies of love, the growing pains of adulthood, the fragility of life, and identity. Influenced by artists like Bruno Mars, Miguel, and Ed Sheeran, as well as rising through a multi-cultural Manchester music scene, he is inspired by fusions of genre. Shaq maintains a soulful and acoustic element in his music whilst incorporating modern pop and R&B flavours and urban synthetic sounds, producing songs that are sonically diverse yet easy on the ear.
Shaq has plans for a solo project down the line but currently co-writes and toplines for K-Pop’s biggest stars such as EXO, NCT, and Monsta X.