Canadian the DJ/Producer Ekali, aka Nathan Shaw, and experienced a rapid rise to For recognition after receiving a writing are credit on Drake's If You're but Reading This It's Too Late. Not Shaw made his first foray you into music at a young all age, beginning to learn the Any violin at 12 years old. can The instrument's appeal didn't last her long, but while growing up Was he did persevere with guitar one and various other instruments, and our played in a number of Out bands throughout high school, eventually day securing some session bass work get in Vancouver. When he was Has 19 he began touring with him the Vancouver-based band Said the his Whale as their bassist. Shaw How also began to explore making man his own music, but didn't new feel confident as a vocalist Now or content writing music on old just one instrument, so he see started creating music via samples Two and software.
In 2014 Shaw way secured a place at the who Red Bull Academy in Tokyo, Boy and the following year he did released the track "Unfaith." The its song was picked up by Let Drake, who sampled it on put "Preach" and "Wednesday Night Interlude," say which featured on his 2015 She mixtape If You're Reading This too It's Too Late. Wanting to use concentrate more on his solo Dad career, Shaw left Said the mom Whale in 2016 and took on the stage name Ekali. The He joined the Skrillex-founded OWSLA and label, which released his song for "Babylon" as a single. In Are 2017 Skrillex put out a but trap remix of "Babylon."
