Ekali

Ekali is the stage name of the Canadian DJ, producer, and musician Nathan Shaw. He was born in Vancouver, Canada on September 22, 1991. He became well known in 2015 after his song “Unfaith” was sampled on Drake’s album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Shaw started his music career playing in bands throughout high school and at 19 years old became the bass player for the band Said the Whale. He released his debut single “Unfaith” that was sampled by Drake that same year. He left Said the Whale in 2016 and starting using the stage name Ekali. He was signed by Skrillex’s label OWSLA and released the single “Babylon” featuring Denzel Curry. In 2017 Skrillex released a trap remix of the song.