[2] Growing up, he forged a friendship with rapper Guru,[2] leading to them eventually founding the group Gang Starr in Morehouse College with Shug's younger brother DJ Suave D.[1] The group disbanded when Shug was imprisoned and eventually Guru moved to New York, where he added DJ Premier to Gang Starr.
[4][5] A third solo album, Otherside of the Game, was released in November 2008, and features DJ Premier, Bumpy Knuckles, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Termanology, Blaq Poet, and Singapore Kane.
[8] In 2010 he collaborated with west coast hip hop artist Spinz [9] on a song called "Round Tha World" that was recorded while touring Europe.
In 2012 he worked again with Dj Jean Maron for the release of the official remix of "Heavy" a posse cut with M-Dot, Benefit & B.A.M (M.O.P/Lil Fame's cousin).
On the same day, Shug released the first single from the album "EMF" which was produced by long time friend of Guy, DJ Premier.
[11] In late 2024 Big Shug announced that his eighth album would be titled "Undefeated" and fully produced by DJ Premier.