Michael Kwame O Dapaah was born in January 1991, in London, England, and is a comedian, musician and an actor who, under the alias Big Shaq (or sometimes Roadman Shaq), is best known for his rap hit single “Man’s Not Hot” which was released in September 2017 and quickly became an international viral sensation.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this nowadays quite popular rapper has accumulated so far? How rich Big Shaq is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Big Shaq’s net worth, as of late 2017, revolves around the sum of $1 million, which has been acquired through his career in the entertainment business, active since 2014. However, the majority of his wealth has come from his 2017 internet popularity and his “Man’s Not Hot” single.
Big Shaq Net Worth $1 Million
Big Shaq was raised alongside two siblings in London’s borough of Croydon, and apart from English, is also of Ghanaian ancestry. Upon matriculating from a local high school, he enrolled at Brunel University from which he graduated in 2014, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, Film and Television studies. Besides these, he also briefly attended the National Youth Theatre. Upon graduation, he began working for Vodafone before deciding to pursue full time his career in the virtual world. He started by releasing a series of comedy skits, which later overgrew his own “mockumentary” YouTube series, entitled “SWIL” (Somewhere in London), which follows four Londoners on their path to stardom. The series quickly amassed a large number of viewers, adding lots of subscribers to Michael Dapaah’s official YouTube channel, and providing the basis for Big Shaq’s current net worth.
However, to greater prominence Big Shaq came in September 2017 when he was featured in Charlie Sloth’s radio segment “Fire in the Both”, aired on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and freestyled his now globally famous lyrics ‘Man’s Not Hot’ and ‘the thing goes…’. The video became viral overnight, launching an avalanche of countless internet memes on various social networks, ranking Big Shaq among the most popular internet stars and personas of the year. On 22nd September, the studio version of the song was released and quickly settled in the UK Top 100 chart. All these accomplishments have certainly provided a great impact on Big Shaq’s popularity as well as his total wealth.
On 26th October, Big Shaq released an official music video, entitled “Man’s Not Hot”, featuring himself wearing a winter, puffer jacket, at the beach in Miami, Florida USA. So far, the video has been seen by over 110 million viewers while the song itself was sold in over 200,000 copies just in the UK and peaked at the No. 5 of the UK Singles chart. It is certain that these achievements have provided the majority of Big Shaq’s current net worth.
For all his efforts, Big Shaq was honored with the African Pride’s Comedian of the Year Award as well as with the Best Black British Comedian Award by the Black British Entertainment. His latest commercial success with the whole “Man’s Not Hot” buzz also brought popularity to his previous on-camera works, resulting in a huge inflow to his YouTube channel, which currently counts more than 548,000 subscribers. Doubtlessly, all these ventures have helped Big Shaq to dramatically boost the total of his revenues by a large margin.
When it comes to his personal life, there aren’t any relevant data about any Big Shaq love affairs or romantic connections. He resides in his home town of London, and is quite active on various social media networks, where he has been followed by over 1.1 million fans altogether.
