S.R Viper is a Hip-Hop artist, producer & engineer from the island of Barbados. His electrifying but smooth emphasized delivery, deep lyrical content & clever wordplay makes his music both fun & relatable. Viper, born Shaquile Welch in 1994, formed a deep love & passion for music at an early age, heavily inspired by the Hip-Hop & Rnb/Soul of that era that dominated the airways & television, the reggae & dancehall that dominated his household radio & radios in the community as a whole, the gospel music his grandmother would play, & even the soca that dominated & still dominates around crop over time on the island. He transitioned from a fanatic listener to an aspiring artist in mid 2010, inspired by the hardships he was facing, he started writing as a way to cope with his problems