Michael Dapaah (August 10th, 1991) is a British producer, writer, Comedian and actor known for his alter-ego, Big Shaq, a rap personality that went viral after being in the BBC Radio series, "Fire In The Booth". ^[1]

Born and raised London, he grew up in the suburb of Croydon to a Ghanaian mother and father. His father is a Doctor named Joseph Dapaah. He has two siblings, a younger brother and an older sister.

Ever since he was a younger kid, he enjoyed watching Mockumentary series such as The Office, Ali G, and Little Britain. He learned to appreciate the freedom of doing Guerrilla-style shoots - particularly the way that Sacha Baron Cohen did it with Borat.

After graduating from secondary school, he attended and graduated from Brunel University London where he received his Bachelor's degree in Theatre arts and Acting. He graduated in 2014.

While at University, he became a motivational speaker where he traveled all over the United Kingom giving talks. He has since become a producer and content creator of his own material.

Michael is a Filmmaker, Writer and Comedian best known as the creator and star of the YouTube mockumentary series Somewhere in London, which is usually stylized with the hashtag, #SWIL. The series, which airs on his self-titled channel, has won over a fan base of more than 68k subscribers.

He plays a number of characters such as Dr Ofori, Quakez, Patrick, Shaq and Roger, to name a few.

Most of the characters have been in videos that have since all become viral creations of Michael Dapaah, which has helped him accumulate over 5 million views across more than 60 videos on his Instagram page in 2017.

On February 12, 2017, Michael Dapaah reached a 10,000 mark.

A month later, that number stood at 20,000, and now, lurks around 405K followers.

One factor in play here is the presence of #SWIL, short for ‘#SomewhereInLondon’, a space in which his viral Instagram clips manifested into something much more.

In Early September, 2017, Big Shaq did a freestyle for the BBC Radio titled "Man's Not Hot", which went viral on the Internet. The song became a quotable Meme in England for the words:

The character of Big Shaq has since begotten a large following on the Social media of Michael.

He has big sister who owns a hair salon in London.

He is a good friend of the rapper, Stormzy.