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Meet Sharkula, Chicago’s Semi-Homeless rapper

by Brad Flora
Published June 11, 2007 - 3:59 PM

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Sharkula

Phil Kaplan recently profiled a Wesley Willis-esque Chicago rapper named Sharkula. It's worth checking out:

"Sharkula eats, breathes, and lives hip hop. And he's been doing it in Chicago since 1992. He is to most people, 'that guy who sells discs on the trains."

Sharkula is a semi-homeless rapper, a sort of music vigilante. Despite his apparently marginal lifestyle, his music has connected with some hip hop fans and his most recent record, "Diagnosis of Sharkula," is well-produced and being carried by Reckless Records, among other places."

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