Shay
With her mix of leftfield R&B atmospherics, trap and Afrobeat roots, Belgian rap
queen Shay began receiving tens of millions of YouTube views when her
breakthrough hit 'PMW' dropped in 2016 and was quickly marked out as a major new
talent. Born in Brussels to parents of Congolese descent, Vanessa Levinsky aka
Shay is the granddaughter of pioneering African rumba singer Tabu Ley Rochereau
- who enjoyed a successful career in the 1960s and 70s - and the niece of hip
hop star Youssoupha. She started rapping in her teens but struggled to fit in at
the prestigious schools that she att...
