Shakir Shakur is an artist born in Dallas, Texas. His genre of music is Hip Hop Soul. His dad is a Blues singer in Houston , Texas. he is influenced by Classic Hip Hop Artists as well as 70's Soul and Jazz music. There are some that eat, breathe, and sleep music. This is one of those guys. The overall message behind his music is one of the Struggle and he does his part to carry the torch of all the great artists from the past that spoke with content in the music. This is a very eclectic artist who's style has many different sounds and is not afraid to try different things musically.