Shao Dow: Power Up Music Creator
Shao Dow is an award winning rapper, manga author and occasional ninja.
After studying Shaolin Kung Fu with the monks whilst living in China, Shao Dow utilised the tenacity and determination he learnt from his martial arts training to independently forge his music career.
It’s little wonder Shao scooped the AIM Award for Hardest Working Artist at the AIM Awards 2017 – alongside his regular music releases, he has published a manga book series through his own company, DiY Gang Entertainment.
The London-born artist also appeared on ITV’s Ninja Warrior UK and was invited into Parliament to speak on behalf of grassroots music venues across the country. He was nominated for ‘Best Live Performer’ at The AIM Independent Awards 2022.
Known to rap in both English and Japanese, Shao is hard to define as just a regular artist. He constantly blurs the lines between anime, gaming, martial arts and his own music and has worked with icons such as Sean Schemmel (the voice of Goku – Dragon Ball Z) and featured on the first single from Tech N9ne’s ‘Asin9ne’ album.
Shao Dow also works on the soundtrack for the Shaggy Ball Z vs One Jump Man animated series with Mashed (over 5 million views), wrote ‘Boy’ a God of War inspired track (over 6 million views), had music featured in the ‘All or Nothing: Arsenal’ documentary about Arsenal FC by Amazon Prime Video and, wrote the song ’Thunder Roll’ for popular game Fortnite.