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EARLY LIFE: Born Khadimoul Rassoul Sheck Fall, he started making music at just 11 years old. Hailing from Harlem, New York, Fall's music was birthed in the projects. The 19-year-old’s music is gritty and raw, but Sheck Wes is a commanding, passionate, and unpredictable presence on the microphone.

That combination has already turned heads, and it was recently revealed that Kanye West [G.O.O.D Music] and Travis Scott [Catcus Jack Records] had signed Sheck in a joint record deal under the Interscope imprint. That’s not where he lays his head, though, emphasizing that he waited a long time to announce the move because he wants to be respected for his artistry and not for who he knows.

Fashion: Sheck Wes dropped two very popular tracks “Mo Bomba” & “Live Sheck Wes, Die Sheck Wes," at the very promising age of 19. Wes quickly went from playing basketball in Harlem to being signed to Travis Scott's record label, Cactus Jack. With only 2 tracks released, it is very safe to say that he is headed in the right direction to be a very promising new artist. One of the qualities that I really admire about Wes is that his style and verbiage is so deeply rooted in basketball and fashion, which were his previous interests before he took up music. He recently sat down with Pigeons & Planes in an exclusive interview where he was asked what his creative process was like and he simply answered "Everything you do gotta come from your heart. I remember when I did “Live SheckWes, Die SheckWes,” and when I did “Mo Bamba,” I one-taked those because it came from my heart. I try to one-take all my songs now, even if I do my verse and I fuck up, I'm gonna do the whole verse over."

MO BAMBA: Sheck Wes was forced to move to Africa by his parents for his wild behavior. Sheck focused heavily on his basketball career after seeing the opportunity opened through college sports, he dropped the ball for the mic after going into the modeling. in 2017, Sheck Wes released Mo Bamba (who he grew up playing ball with Harlem and is set to become a first-round NBA Draft pick). Sheck Wes almost sings on the track with the long drawn out syllables, and at the halfway point of the song, Sheck snaps after messing up, then recovering his flow catching the beat and completely smashing the second half of the song after bringing the volume to the ceiling. This track alone was the reason Kanye West even heard his music in the first place.

Personal Life: Sheck refers to himself as a Renaissance man. Fall said, “I can rap, play ball, design T-shirts, all that,”. It’s a testament to the versatility of an artist who prides himself on being DIY. Moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he was young, Sheck spent his adolescent years during the ages of 5 to 14 split between each city. He was in Milwaukee for school and spent summers and spring breaks in New York—learning the ropes from the old heads. “I grew up listening to all types of music," he says. "My favorite artists are Seun Kuti [son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, DMX, and ODB. I listened to a lot of old school shit when I was younger.”

Once Sheck was old enough to be independent, he moved back to New York at the start of high school and began to take basketball seriously. With a slender, 6’2” frame, Sheck caught the eye of a fashion talent scout and became conflicted between modeling and pursuing his hoop dreams. Yeezy Season 3 came around and he chose to skip his playoff basketball game to attend the show instead, citing it as one of his best decisions he's ever made: “I wanted to be a part of this thing people are gonna talk about forever and it was some shit nobody ever did before. So I was happy I did Yeezy Season 3 because it opened up a lot of doors for me.”

Over time, the streets of New York became a source of trouble for a young Sheck, so his mother sent him to Senegal, Africa. In hindsight, Sheck Wes says Africa is where he found his why. “I finally got my why, I always used to search for a why to explain why I’m doing what I’m doing. Then I went to Africa and I was like, ‘Man I gotta do this shit for these people.’ This is my why and that's a big enough why. It's meaningful. Everybody has to find their why.”

When he came back from Africa, Sheck Wes put all of his energy into music. It’s been an interesting rise. If you check his Soundcloud page, you’ll only find a few songs. But Sheck’s quality over quantity approach to music and a magnetic personality has already built a cult-like following of kids on Instagram. If you check his story on any random day, you’re likely to see him wandering the streets of Harlem, getting chop cheeses at one of his local bodega spots, and having fun with neighborhood friends—a realness that connects with his audience.