shemar
“shemar has already been that for a few years, but the New York rapper-producer’s latest, the sticky industrial-rap splendor that is Emerge “n” See, splays itself and refuses to move, like a cat laid out on the couch. “
shemar is a Brooklyn-born rapper and producer creating experimental rap music that blends poetry with abrasive, raw soundscapes. Their approach to writing treats language as something limitless, influenced by the Black Arts Movement and adjacent poets like Amiri Baraka, Henry Dumas, and Lucille Clifton. Their 2023 album, obtuse ways to say that i love you, introduced a voice comfortable in density and discomfort, with the track “vestige” later featured on Pitchfork Selects. In 2024, they released the EP sunscreen with producer Child Actor. Their 2025 album emerge “n” see further solidified their place in the underground, earning year-end recognition including Dylan Green naming it among their favorites of the year for Hearing Things.
In 2026, shemar teamed up with close collaborator, Brooklyn producer and drummer Sasco, for the EP the hermit, released on EveryDejaVu and featured on POW Mag and KEXP. shemar is also an active producer, with credits on recent projects from Big Flowers and Black Karma, and has performed extensively across New York City, including Dunce + NAHreally’s Another Rap Show series and FreeMusicEmpire’s NYC showcase, and has opened for PremRock.
Across their catalog, shemar treats each project as a document of its current moment, allowing vulnerability to be shown through hard-earned lyricism. Their new album the cake is a lie arrives January 21, 2027 on EveryDejaVu.
A meeting of two prolific, creative minds- sunscreen‘s graceful, warm sound is shaped by shemar’s emotive, autobiographical rhymes and the detailed sampling production of Child Actor.
On emerge “n” see, shemar hollers himself hoarse, sounding like post-crash D.O.C., larynx dislodged but lovely.
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