his main hip hop influences that i studied a lot are royce da 59, crooked i, eminem, tech n9ne, dmx, busta rhymes, the dog pound, method man, redman, ice cube , snoop dog, xzibit, q tip, common,cypress hill, warren g, the game, dr dre, ludacris, t.i, tupac and biggie, d12, slaughterhouse, wu tang, g unit and bone thugs n harmony. those are the main artists i studied. the 1st hip hop song he listened to was naughty by naturedropping the bomb. his favourite australian hip hop song is field of dreams by bliss n eso. his favourite nz hip hop artist is david dallas.
he is now known as "shattrholik" but on Facebook he is still "shatta doggg" because he cant change his name if you have 200 plus fans. he currently has well over 10,000 fans http://www.facebook.com/Shattrholik.
twitter https://twitter.com/Shattrholik . soundcoud https://soundcloud.com/shattrholik . on reverberation he has 16000 fans, http://www.reverbnation.com/shattrholik . he also has 60,000 views on you tube channel and over 1000 subscribers http://www.youtube.com/user/shattadogg?feature=mhee hip hop means everything to him. its who he is. take it away from him he feels like nobody.he eats , drinks and sleeps hip hop. he considers himself to be a very talented emcee who has all the potential in the world to be some one. he is a healthy ingredient for hip hop. a lot of people relate to his music. he has always been knowin to speak his mind, and has the unique ability to bring out the best in a beats, write the perfect song to blend to the beat. an amazing song writer. the way he pictures a song concept to fuse with the beat is a gift that you rearly hear from any type of artist. he can bring life to any beat. 2013 he currently lives in gold coast, working as a security guard, as of now he is working on an independent album, "2k13AD: Activate Smashmode which he will release this year via help from shane downey and angus woodhead from parallel harmony studios and track master studios. the album will feature some world class acts "the outlaws, D12(kuniva, swifty mcvae) and "royce da 5'9(bad meets evil/slaughterhouse). and layzie bone(bone thugs n harmony),also in talks with young buck and NZ rising star Tipene. he will also feature some local talent. the album is very lyrical on all types of beats, he speaks on subjects that may hit people the wrong way, everything is real, what goes on in his mind and what he has seen in life, and he is positive of both a positive and negative reaction. he will release a mixtape "B4 impact" before the release of the album, the aim of this album is to get the attention of record labels and venues and be known as one of the elite emcees on the planet.
born and raised in wairoa, hawkes bay new zealand. one of the roughest places in new zealand to grow up in. at 18 years old his friends and also others groups around town started to make rap songs. he thought they were very cool and were all superstars. he moved to ashburton with an older cousin and secretly started to write songs with his cousin mocking and dissing everyone from celebrities to normal people thinking it was very funny. he and his cousin recorded the songs on tape. when they returned they handed the tape to everyone. making everybody cry with laughter. his cousin stopped rapping but he kept at it. joining a local group called the "bloodpack". they called him "shatter dog". after recording numerous songs with all members of the group with in a year he knew he started to get better. he then started collaborating with outside members and crews from around hawks bay having friendly battles. only doing hip hop for fun and making people laugh was good enough for him. not knowing at all where hip hop could take him. he started reading a lot about other local groups and similar underground groups live performing , recording on cd and getting a name for them selves. feeling out of place and disappointed with the movement of his music only been locally known, he then started hanging out with "albino" a vocalist with well known local and nation wide hip hop group "mobbstyle hustlaz" who are known all over new zealand. albino wanted him to join them to get his music heard more. he recorded a few songs 1st time ever on cd impressing the members. he joined mobbstyle hustlaz . mobbstyle had a gig out of town and invited shatter along, which he jumped up on stage to help them out. hee went to a party, P.N.A and 4rillla , 2 very talented local emcees who are members of mobbstyle put shatter on the spot with friendly battles and testing his rapping ability. he was losing but he kept going and eventually gained their respect. he was hanging with P.N.A a lot who helped him come out of his shell and not care about what other people think. he started to get good. decided to make his own mix tape, mostly comedic songs with catchy hooks that was a local success. and soon his music was playing all over new zealand. in 2008 he moved to australia for a better life to work. sent his music to 2 labels . with in a month he got a reply from one saying he had a lot of talent and they wanted to meet him. he met the label owners and artists in a hotel in brisbane. he got along with everybody vey good and they were very impressed with his musical product. how ever the next day he was offered a contract. $1500 a month, plus free flights , free passes to concerts, free merchandise. he was very angry felt disrespected and walked out.. disappointed with not having a job and getting a taste of the harsh music business he went back to new zealand. depressed drinking everyday doin ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????((0