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Sheck Wes Net Worth, Height, Age, and Real Name

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3 years ago

January 2, 2022

Sheck Wes is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter who is best known for his 2017 smash hit Mo Bamba. Besides that, he once entered the NBA Draft and has played professionally overseas.

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Early Life

Full Name	Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall
Birth Date / Age	September 10, 1998 / 23 Years Old
Birth Place	Harlem, New York
Source of Wealth	Rapping
Relationship Status	Single
Height	6 ft. 2 in. / 188 cm.
Net Worth	$1 million

Sheck was born in Harlem, New York to Senegalese parents who immigrated to the United States before he was born. The rapper was raised in a Muslim household and his father worked as a tailor in the city.

Where is Sheck Wes from?

Sheck and his family remained in Harlem until he was five years old before he and his mother moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The reason, his parents felt Harlem wasn’t fit for their child to grow up in while they worked throughout the day and night.

Sheck would return to New York most summers and then again permanently when he was around 14 years old.

Wes attended Norman Thomas High School for Business and Commercial Education. There he played varsity basketball and was very good. However, he also had a passion for fashion modeling at the time. So much so that he skipped a playoff game to attend the unveiling of the Yeezy 3 collection.

Also while in high school, Sheck created a rap group and began rapping. Concerned about his well-being, Sheck’s parents sent him to Senegal around this time to further pursue his Muslim faith. Although, he’d soon return to start making music full-time.

rapper sheck wes attends basketball game with travis scott, meeting kyrie irving

Sheck Wes Net Worth and Music Career

Not many in the genre could say they entered the game with a bigger bang than Sheck, who dropped Mo Bamba right out of the gates in 2015. Since then, he’s signed to major labels and dropped a studio LP.

Despite not releasing a ton of music since 2015, Sheck still receives 4.2 million monthly listeners just on Spotify as of 2021. Moreover, his Instagram page has 1.1 million followers to go along with his 182,000 on Twitter.

Meanwhile, Sheck has just under a million subscribers on his YouTube channel. His song Mo Bamba has over a quarter billion views, but that’s far from his only widely popular video.

The artist’s hit single was named after NBA lottery pick Mohamed Bamba, a childhood friend of Sheck’s. In actuality, it took roughly a year for the track to become a viral sensation.

Impressively, Mo Bamba has gone five times certified platinum in the U.S. for moving north of five million units. Furthermore, the song was produced by a tag-team of Denzel Baptise and David Biral known as 16yrold.

Wes has been earning an income through touring since 2018 when he accompanied acts like Playboi Carti, Pusha T, and Travis Scott on the road. Also in 2018, Sheck inked a deal with Kanye West’s GOOD Music as well as Scott’s Cactus Jack Records.

Sheck’s debut studio album, Mudboy, dropped in October of 2018. The 14 track LP contained no features and eventually made gold status. Songs like Live Sheck Wes and Chippi Chippi added to the album’s success.

Sheck Wes Basketball

Remarkably, Wes literally entered the 2020 NBA Draft. Rather expectedly, he went undrafted, but that didn’t deter him from chasing his basketball dreams to some extent.

STRANGEST DRAFT EVER , I AINT TRIPPING I WILL COME BACK NEXT YEAR 29 TEAMS WILL REGRET THIS NIGHT. BACK TO THE GYM. BEEN BALLIN !!!! https://t.co/5kSmatEboK pic.twitter.com/KExX5Xb8o6
— Sheck We$ (@sheckwes) November 19, 2020

The day after the draft, Sheck joined a team that competes in France’s LNB Pro A named Paris Basketball. He made his debut the following May, playing just four minutes. In three games played, his averages are 1.3 PPG and 0.7 RPG in seven minutes per game of action.

Sheck Wes Height / Age

Paris Basketball officially lists Sheck at six foot two inches or 1.88 meters. Moreover, his weight is roughly 175 pounds or 79 kilograms. His height is perfectly suited for the point guard position, of which he plays.

Born in 1988, Sheck is still only 23-years-old. Considering that fact, the NY native has accomplished a lot thus far in his young career. He can be called a rapper, a fashion model, and a pro basketball player.

Sheck Wes Real Name

The rapper’s full birth name is Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall. Yet, in interviews, Sheck has claimed his real name is Khādimu ‘r-Rasūl Cheikh Amadou.

He’s also confirmed that the moniker Sheck is the Americanization of Cheikh which means Sheikh when translated from Senegalese to English. The word Sheikh is defined as an Arab leader, in particular, the chief or head of an Arab tribe.

Sheck is an avid fan of soccer too. He even had a deal with Major League Soccer (MLS), but they dropped him after his domestic abuse allegations surfaced. It’s unclear as to what team he pledges his allegiance to, but we know that he’s a big fan of the FIFA video game.