Shabba was born Nash Tembo in Kabwe, Zambia on October 14th, 2000. Nash grew up in Lusaka central and was raised by a single mother and her sisters. He grew up in a musical household what varied different genres such as hiphop, r&b, blues, soul, jazz, grime and rock. All these genres fed curiosity and love towards music. Nash found love in hiphop but fell even more in love with music of Jay-Z, Nas, Mobb deep, 2pac and Shabba Ranks. In his early teenage years Nash played guitar and later on tried to produce music, but it still felt like something was missing. As he approached his last years of high school Nash heard some of his classmates rap on a demo they made for fun. As his curiosity grew he later on joined his friends and started recording little freestyles which at the time were for fun. As more and more people from his High School liked what they heard, grew the question "WHEN ARE YOU DROPPING" cause everyone grew eager to the groups first release. After releasing his first song ever Nash felt drawn to his new found hobby. After realizing the joy and happiness his music brought his friends and family Nash decided to start making music. "Shabba" was born He started rapping and songwriting HipHop and R&B music to let out his emotions and cop with the world he lives in. Later on he met @ShynetheProd & @JayRef and ever since they've been making music together.