Is Shoreline Mafia from Washington State?
Reasonably, many locals at our Shoreline dispensary are asking, “is Shoreline Mafia from Washington State?” While many artists have notoriously named themselves after their hometowns, this isn’t the case with this popular rap group.
There’s no doubt that Seattle and Washington State is loaded with hip-hop talent, but Shoreline Mafia is not included in this. Instead, this hip-hop group is from Los Angeles, California.
Who is Shoreline Mafia?
Shoreline Mafia is a hip-hop group that is made up of four members: OHGEESY, Rob Vicious, Fenix Flexin, and Master Kato. The group formed in 2017, releasing their first mixtape ShoreLineDoThatShit! in November of that year. In 2018, the group signed to Atlantic Records. With the mega label, Shoreline Mafia released their first and last album, Mafia Bidness.
The group toured around the country for years, performing at top venues and festivals like Rolling Loud and Life is Beautiful. Shoreline Mafia also went on tour with $uicideboy$ in 2019.
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Splitting Up
Then in April 2020, the group announced that they are splitting up. They didn’t give much of an explanation at first.
Fenix Flexin implied in a Tweet that there are no hard feelings; however, he later explained in a No Jumper interview that he felt like he was being left out and things weren’t moving fast enough. He also said there was a little fall out while on tour that ultimately led to the group not being able to stay together.
“I always put the group first, but it’s so easy for a group to fall apart if not everybody is on the same page and are working towards the same thing.”
Fenix Flexin via No Jumper interview
Further, OHGEESY, arguably the largest member of the group, claimed that creative differences were a big part in the group fading. He also recently became a father and wants to focus on a more stable life.
“Four different people mean four different visions. It’s nothing personal… we all have our own vision and we are all going in our own way.”