London, UK based award-winning emcee Shao Dow recently dropped his latest track LIKE YOU, featuring Grime veteran Manga Saint Hilare, produced by Tomek Zylkiewicz

Coming on the back of the strong success of his last single ‘Kaio-Ken’, which was championed by the likes of BBC Introducing, Clash Magazine, Red Bull UK, Link Up TV, and Fab UK Magazine, among others, while landing in the Spotify UK Viral Chart, independent UK rapper Shao Dow returns with his brand new single titled ‘Like You’, which features Grime veteran Manga Saint Hilare, and is the first taste of his upcoming fourth studio album, which is due for release later this year.

Debuting straight into Spotify’s revered ‘Grime Shutdown’ playlist, Shao Dow’s ‘Like You’ was produced by Tomek Zylkiewicz, who has previously worked with the likes of Zeph Ellis (Dot Rotten), Genesis Elijah, and Mogwli, and sees Shao Dow and Manga Saint Hilare trading hard-hitting lyrics over the ominous bass and guitar-led musical landscape, as both emcees rally against the lack of originality in the scene while standing up for ingenuity and artistic integrity.

Speaking about the inspiration behind his new ‘Like You’ single, Shao Dow says,

“As I progress as an artist and a rapper I’m becoming increasingly certain that I don’t want to be like anyone else. I don’t want to present myself in the same way, make the exact same type of music or be forced to follow the same stereotypes. My inspiration for this song actually came from a random Mo The Comedian sketch on Instagram. It was about the different sorts of people you find in the gym, one of the characters kept telling other people ‘I’m trying to be like you’.

I decided to flip this on its head and make a song, a clear statement of intention to be different (as if releasing a Manga book and going on ITV’s ‘Ninja Warrior’ wasn’t enough already), but also an anthem for the other independent warriors out there, who are determined to succeed on their own terms, in their own way. I’ve wanted to work with Manga Saint Hilare for a long time and knew he’d fit perfectly with the concept for this song. It goes without saying that he’s dope, but I really feel that his feature here is a natural fit based on his career”.

With three projects already under his belt and a fourth on its way, over 25,000 albums sold, and an AIM (Association Of Independent Music) Award for ‘Hardest Working Artist’ in 2017, Shao Dow comes with a solidified UK rap and Grime pedigree, which has seen him feature on Charlie Sloth’s coveted ‘Fire In The Booth’ on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra, and counting the likes of PRS For Music, Spotify, KISS FM, Clash Magazine, and GRM Daily, as fans, along the way, in his decade long career blazing the independent path.

Shao Dow ft. Manga Saint Hilare – Like You via iTunes/Spotify

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