Shark Breach

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Daquawn Michael Harris (born November 19, 1997), better known as **Shark Breach**, is a rapper, producer and independent artist from Maryland, who was born in Washington D.C. He is a co-founding member of the multi-media collective **ANTI-WORLD** and the creator of a group known as the **YLN Unit**. Harris was previously known as "Shark" from 2015 to 2021 until he changed it at the start of 2022.

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## Background

### Friendship with Sybyr

Harris has been best friends with Chase since their sophomore year in high school. They would create a collective called "Weird Clvn" in 2014. The group members were Harris (**Shark**), Cauthen (**Sybyr**), Hagans (**Ghostie**), Williams (**Devin Will**), and Ladep-Nandang (**Leon'sWOLF**). The collective would create a YouTube channel of the same name (now known as Anti-World) on August 25, 2014.

During an interview with Maxed HipHop, Harris spoke about his collaborations with Chase:

>  "Working with Sybyr is natural and easy. He's been my best friend since sophomore year in high school, so when we work, it just runs smoothly".
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On May 8, 2015, Harris made his first appearance on the YouTube channel in Chase's music video to "Why Bother".

Harris would make his second appearance in Chase's music video to "Settle Down".

## Music Career

### Beginning

Harris has been playing with instruments since he was a child, and when he reached the 8th grade, he started creating beats in FL Studio, which he still uses to this day. Harris first started his music career in 2014 as a producer known as "Shark", creating instrumentals for his close friends and fellow artists. His beat titled "Superman's Girlfriend" was the first video of Shark uploaded to the "Weird Clvn" YouTube channel on August 11, 2015, in which Cauthen (known as "Syringe" at the time) is seen throughout the video.

In the same interview with Maxed HipHop, Harris gave some information about himself:

>  "Musically, I can pretty much do it all. Of course, I do vocals, but I also mix and engineer my own tracks. I also produce beats and have for so long before I started rapping. I produced a bunch of tracks for my best friend and artist "Sybyr". Lastly, I can shoot and edit music videos."
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Harris's biggest inspiration for his music is Wiz Khalifa, and he dreams of making music with him.

>  "My favorite artist growing up was Wiz Khalifa. He's probably a good reason why I smoke as much weed as I do today, lol. My dream collab is with Wiz Khalifa; our flows match up so well, the song would run smooth."
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### Origin of Rap Name

During an interview, Harris explained the origins of his rap name:

>  "I chose "'Shark'" after thinking about the most feared predator, I also thought about what would be one of the worst ways to die, and shark is what I came up with. I added the "breach" to the shark, later on, to be easier to look up."
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### Rapping Career

Harris first tried rapping in 2019, releasing his first vocal track "Smoke A Sac" on September 14, 2019. Following the release, Harris would continue releasing music with his vocals. He would release his debut rap album "Alter" on January 10, 2020.

In early 2022, Harris would change his rap name to "Shark Breach," based on his producer tag. All his music as "Shark" was moved to the new name, separating his music from other artists named "Shark."

## Discography

Shark's vocal discography has received seven dedicated bodies of work since October 2019; Shark has released five instrumental projects since July 2015. Shark's eighth body of work titled "It's Shark" was released on September 30, 2022.

Shark's first collaboration project with Sybyr titled *YLN* was released on May 27, 2022. Two months later, the deluxe version was released. Shark and Sybyr have created six music videos together since February 2020.

**Albums**

* *It's Shark* (2022)
* *By Law* (2022)
* *A4L* (2021)
* *Shrinkage (2021)*
* *Deadbeat 2* (2020)
* *Square One* (2020)
* *Deadbeat* (2020)
* *Alter* (2020)

1. ↑ Maxed HipHop Interview (June 16, 2022) (received September 20, 2022)
2. ↑ https://maxedhiphop.com/interview-with-shark-breach