Sheff G

About

Michael Kyle Williams (born September 23, 1998), known professionally as Sheff G, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with his 2017 single “No Suburban”, which was a response to the song “Suburban” by 22Gz. 22Gz responded with a song titled “Retaliation”, and Sheff G responded with “No Suburban Pt.2 Williams is widely known as one of the vanguards of the Brooklyn drill movement. On May 16, 2023, Williams was indicted with 31 other purported gang members responsible for several shooting incidents and at least one murder over a two-year span.

Michael Williams was born on September 23, 1998, in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Trinidadian mother and Haitian father. He was raised in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. He was influenced and inspired to rap by listening to The Notorious B.I.G. and Chicago drill rappers like Lil Bibby and Chief Keef.
Before getting into music, Sheff G joined the 83 (Eight Trey) Gangsta Crips at age 12, and was imprisoned for 2 years for a felony gun charge. In 2015, he went back to prison for robbery for two years. Williams was released from prison in 2017. When asked about his childhood before rap, Williams said: “Growing up, all I was around…