Birth name Brian Wharton Occupation(s) Recording artist Role Rapper · sharkula.com Instruments Vocals | Name Brian Wharton Years active 1987–Present Website [1] | |
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Albums Dirty Caviar, Martin Luther King Jr. Whopper With Cheese, Black He-Manula, The Diagnosis of Sharkula Similar People The Buttress, Psalm One, Netherfriends, Willis Earl Beal, Jeremiah Jae | ||
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Sharkula (other alter egos include Thig, Brian Wharton, Thigamahjigee, Sherlock Homeboy, Dirty Gilligan) is a Chicago-area rapper. His lyrics are known for being scatterbrained, discontinuous, free-associative, non-violent, apolitical and random. He is also known as a flâneur for promoting his music and shows via use of hand-made flyers and stickers scattered around vending boxes in Chicago, and street marketing often with phrases such as "Hey, you like Hip-Hop?". He has appeared on Chic-a-Go-Go and his album Martin Luther King Jr. Whopper With Cheese was voted by readers of The Chicago Reader as one of the 20 best albums of 2004.
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Subject of a documentary film, titled Sharkula: Diarrhea of a Madman, produced by long-time friend Joshua Conro, chronicling his life, art, music and struggles along with the many producers and rappers that he has collaborated with over the years. He has collaborated with Willis Earl Beal, who looks up to Sharkula for inspiration.
in 2016, Sharkula was named runner-up best street character of the year by the Chicago Reader
