[2] He is widely acknowledged as one of the prominent figures in Singapore's music industry, celebrated for his extensive body of work.

ShiGGa Shay has achieved notable accomplishments throughout his career, including being recognised as the "Unsigned Talent of The Week" by WorldStarHipHop at 17 and securing multiple #1 singles on the iTunes Singapore Charts.

Furthermore, he had the distinct honour of being invited to perform at the White House Afterparty for the State Dinner in Washington, DC.

[9][10] He developed his interest in hip-hop music and rapping at the age of nine,[11] after his mother purchased him a few English hip hop records.

[16] Shay made his national television debut on Live N Loaded on MediaCorp as a 16-year-old, which was one of his early public performances.

[19] ShiGGa is the "youngest hip-hop artist to have made it on the Singapore radio charts [...]", according to Aging Youth.

[2] He released the English-Chinese-Hokkien rap song "LimPeh" (English: Your Dad) in June 2013, and it quickly rose to the top of the Singaporean charts.

During his two-year compulsory National Service, he was a member of the SAF Music & Drama Company (MDC).

[23] In the years that followed, he released several singles, Lion City Kia (2014), ShiGGa Morning (2015) and the official theme song for 3688, Tapau (2015).

[27] This release coincided with his inaugural collaboration with Hugo Boss, where he curated a capsule collection exclusively available in Singapore.

[32] In 2023, Shay directed the music video for the theme song of NDP 2023, "Shine Your Light" which he co-wrote the lyrics with Don Richmond.

[34] In 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, he became the first Southeast Asian artist to host a live streaming Mixed Reality concert.

[35] In April 2022 Shay become the first Southeast Asian music artist to sell out his genesis Non-Fungible Token (NFT) within a span of four minutes, marking his entry into the Web 3.0 space.