Sharkula
American rapper
Sharkula (born August 27, 1973) (other alter egos include Thig, Brian Wharton, Thigamahjigee, Sherlock Homeboy, Dirty Gilligan) is a Chicago-area rapper. His lyrics are known for being scatterbrained, discontinuous, free-associative, non-violent, apolitical and random. He is also known as a flâneur for promoting his music and shows via use of hand-made flyers and stickers scattered around vending boxes in Chicago, and street marketing often with phrases such as "Hey, you like Hip-Hop?". He has appeared on Chic-a-Go-Go and his album Martin Luther King Jr. Whopper with Cheese was voted by readers of the Chicago Reader as one of the 20 best albums of 2004.
He has collaborated with Willis Earl Beal, who looks up to Sharkula for inspiration.
in 2016, Sharkula was named runner-up best street character of the year by the Chicago Reader.
Albums
Sharkula w/DJ Felix (2002)
New 2003 (2003)
Roaches on the Eyelid
Musik for to Shady Ass Musik for Yo Soul
Thank You Chicago
Sharkula vs. Dookiehead MCs
Spidermania
Willo & Thig
Thig, The Graduate, and Chuck Sunshine Recorded at 2AM (2004)
The 2004 Mix (2004)
Martin Luther King Jr. Whopper with Cheese (2004)
New 2004 (2004)
The Longmix (2005)
Lo Fidel Castrol Oil GTX Mixalicious Volume 1 (2005)
Put Your Fins in the Air (Live at the Sub-T) (2005)
Thig, The Graduate, and Chuck Sunshine 2005 (2005)
Session (2006)
Pyre (2006)
Just for the Wizzard Haters (2006)
The 2006 Mix (2006)
Holy House of Fuck (2006)
Blizzard Wizzard (2007)
Kim Gee (2007)
Hand Palm Spring into Action (2007)
Paid Our Dues (2007)
The Universe Hurts (2007)
Flavor (2007)
Don't Look Around (2007)
Don't Look Around / Flavor (2007)
The Diagnosis of Sharkula (2007)
Drunk Skunks (2007)
The Diagnosis of Sharkula (2007, The Secret Life of Sound)
Computers & Beers (2007)
New 2008 (2008)
Awesome Black Mountain (2010)
Black He-Manula (2013)
Dirty Caviar (2015)
Prune City (2019)
BBQ Fingaprints (2020)
EPs
Sharkula & Shami EP (2013, re-released 2015)
Video
Magic Sundays Vol.
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