Shagusto

Shagusto is a Long Island–born hip-hop artist and recording engineer known for the 2018 album Roovet Effect, subsequent singles, and collaborations across the New York indie scene.

Shagusto
Background information
Birth name	Sharaun Armstrong
Also known as	ShaGusto, Gusto
Origin	Amityville, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper; recording engineer
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Roovet Records
Website	https://roovet.com/articles/Shagusto

Shagusto (also stylised as ShaGusto) is an American hip-hop artist and recording engineer from Long Island, New York. Active since 2012, Shagusto first surfaced on platforms such as SoundCloud and ReverbNation before issuing the studio album Roovet Effect (2018), followed by singles and a growing slate of collaborations across independent releases in 2019–2025. Notable tracks include “Scared of Nothing,” “Up in My Bank,” and the single “Hard Yt,” while guest features tie him to collaborators such as Respekt Ova, T. Dart, S.L.I.M, BTM Rell, and Kaz Bishop. Platform listings document his presence across Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Shazam, and other services.

Background and origins

Public artist pages and social profiles position Shagusto within the Long Island hip-hop community, with ReverbNation listing the artist in Amityville, New York, and his Instagram bio describing him as a “rap artist/engineer from Long Island.” The early-2010s Long Island underground scene—stretching from Amityville and Wyandanch through wider Suffolk County—fostered a crop of DIY rappers and engineers issuing their own singles on digital platforms; Shagusto’s earliest timestamped upload, “Bitches love me ft Fatal,” dates to September 2012 on SoundCloud and situates him among that self-publishing cohort.

Career

Early activity and first releases (2012–2017)

Shagusto’s initial footprint appears on social and streaming services with early singles and experimental cuts shared on SoundCloud and artist profiles. The posts reflect a period of stylistic calibration and self-production typical of regional acts leveraging low-cost DAWs and home studios to iterate before formal distribution.

Roovet Effect era (2018)

By 2018, Shagusto had consolidated material for the full-length Roovet Effect. Apple Music’s catalog page attributes a run of songs to the release—including “Scared of Nothing,” “Make a Wish,” “Ready for War,” “Its Da Set,” “All I Need Is a Brick,” “Bottom Bitch,” “Why (feat. T.Dart),” “Outta Hell (feat. F.A.T.A.L & T.Dart),” and “See a Better Day (feat. Trez & Glenn),” among others—documenting a tracklist that spans reflective narratives and assertive street anthems. A music-video listing for “Scared of Nothing” appears on Shazam, indicating audiovisual promotion alongside the streaming rollout. YouTube uploads referencing the project likewise tie the album to Roovet Records, a Jacksonville-based independent label active within the Roovet ecosystem.

Singles and collaborations (2019–2021)

Following the album, platform listings show standalone releases and guest features. In 2019, Apple Music records the singles “Family Tree” and “Flossing (feat. G-Dubbz, k-Solo & Yung Flossy),” extending Shagusto’s output beyond the album cycle and into a sequence of digital-first drops. In 2021 he issued the single “Hard Yt,” while appearing on “Codes of Conduct (feat. BTM Rell & Shagusto)” and “Flashbacks (feat. Shagusto)” across collaborators’ projects. Spotify likewise lists Shagusto’s artist page and algorithmic radio playlist entries featuring associated acts, reinforcing the web of collaborations.

Features and group work (2022)

In 2022, Apple Music’s “Appears On” line documents a run of collaborative cuts, including “Deuce Set (feat. ShaGusto),” “Absolutely (feat. ShaGusto),” “No Komparison (feat. ShaGusto & T Dart),” “Xtrodinary Figgaz (feat. ShaGusto & S.L.I.M),” and the posse-style “Splash (feat. ShaGusto & Kaz Bishop),” among others. The year also includes the joint single “Reservoir Grims (feat. Shagusto, BTM Rell & Respekt Ova),” reflecting deeper ties with Roovet-connected artists. Third-party credit aggregators such as Muso.ai list “Family Tree” (2019) and additional entries under ShaGusto/Shagusto spellings, reinforcing metadata consistency across services.

Continued activity (2025)

Artist pages show ongoing contributions into 2025, including “Round Table (feat. S.L.I.M, ShaGusto, T Dart & Fatal)” and “Walk the other way (feat. ShaGusto)” on the release 1N, underscoring sustained collaborations with the Roovet circle.

Musical style and production

Because Shagusto’s catalog spans self-issued singles, album cuts, and ensemble features, genre signifiers vary across tracks, but the through-line is East Coast–rooted street rap with autobiographical hooks and declarative punch-ins. The Roovet Effect sequence juxtaposes introspective titles (“See a Better Day,” “It Burns”) with declarative ones (“Ready for War,” “Its Da Set”), signalling a blend of reflective and assertive modes inside standard trap/boom-bap hybrids. Song-credit metadata and social bios situate him as both a rapper and an engineer, a dual role that aligns with the Long Island DIY tradition of self-produced indie rap projects and close-circle collaboration.

Community, affiliations, and scene

Shagusto’s name appears across releases by Roovet-affiliated artists and peers in the Long Island/Jacksonville nexus. Interviews with collaborators such as Tribal Young Brown (Tony James Nelson II) reference Shagusto in narrative backstories and intra-scene dynamics, highlighting the familial/close-knit character of the cohort that records and releases together under the Roovet umbrella. Roovet Records’ press activity and artist signings (e.g., Respekt Ova) likewise map the independent network within which Shagusto appears as a collaborator and featured artist.

Themes and lyrics

Lyrical motifs across the catalog track the familiar poles of New York street rap: loyalty, betrayal, ambition, the hazards of the hustle, and the pull toward better circumstances. On Roovet Effect, track titles like “Why,” “Outta Hell,” “See a Better Day,” and “Ready for War” index these tensions, while collaboration-heavy records such as “Reservoir Grims,” “No Komparison,” and “Xtrodinary Figgaz” foreground competitive braggadocio and crew affirmations.

Stage name and stylisation

The artist’s name appears in platform metadata as both “Shagusto” and “ShaGusto.” The Apple Music page with artist ID 1358412769 leans “Shagusto,” while a second Apple Music page (1481785343) and various features credit “ShaGusto,” a stylisation that capitalises the middle “G.”

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Label	Notes	Source
2018	Roovet Effect	Roovet Records	Includes “Scared of Nothing”, “Up in My Bank (feat. T.Dart)”, “Outta Hell (feat. F.A.T.A.L & T.Dart)”, “Ready for War”, “Its Da Set”, “All I Need Is a Brick”, “Bottom Bitch”, “Why (feat. T.Dart)”, “Make a Wish”, “See a Better Day (feat. Trez & Glenn)”

Singles (lead artist)

Year	Single	Album/Non-album	Notes	Source
2012	“Bitches love me” (ft. Fatal)	Non-album	Early SoundCloud release
2019	“Family Tree”	Non-album single	Digital single
2019	“Flossing” (ft. G-Dubbz, k-Solo & Yung Flossy)	Non-album single	Digital single
2021	“Hard Yt”	Non-album single	Digital single

Selected tracks (Roovet Effect)

Track	Featured artists	Source
“Scared of Nothing”	—
“Up in My Bank”	T. Dart
“Outta Hell”	F.A.T.A.L, T. Dart
“Ready for War”	—
“Its Da Set”	—
“All I Need Is a Brick”	—
“Bottom Bitch”	—
“Why”	T. Dart
“Make a Wish”	—
“See a Better Day”	Trez, Glenn

Appearances and features

Year	Track	Primary artist / release	Notes	Source
2021	“Codes of Conduct (feat. BTM Rell & Shagusto)”	Various	Guest appearance
2021	“Flashbacks (feat. Shagusto)”	Hood Champ 2	Guest appearance
2022	“Deuce Set (feat. ShaGusto)”	Bury Me Standin	Guest appearance
2022	“Absolutely (feat. ShaGusto)”	Bury Me Standin	Guest appearance
2022	“No Komparison (feat. ShaGusto & T Dart)”	Bury Me Standin	Guest appearance
2022	“Xtrodinary Figgaz (feat. ShaGusto & S.L.I.M)”	Bury Me Standin	Guest appearance
2022	“Splash (feat. ShaGusto & Kaz Bishop)”	—	Guest appearance
2022	“Reservoir Grims (feat. Shagusto, BTM Rell & Respekt Ova)”	Single	Guest appearance
2025	“Round Table (feat. S.L.I.M, ShaGusto, T Dart & Fatal)”	1N	Guest appearance
2025	“Walk the other way (feat. ShaGusto)”	1N	Guest appearance

Videography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018	“Scared of Nothing”	Lead artist	Video listing present on Shazam; tied to Roovet Effect
2018	“Shit Dun Changed”	Lead artist	Upload references Roovet Effect and Roovet Records

Public presence

Shagusto maintains profiles on major streaming and social platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Instagram, with metadata and playlists that help map collaborations and discoverability.

Legacy and impact

While Shagusto is an independent artist without the mainstream press cycles of major-label peers, the durability of his listings across multiple platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, Shazam) and the recurrence of his name in cross-artist collaborations reflect a sustained regional footprint. In the Long Island and Roovet-connected circuits, he appears as a dependable collaborator whose verses, hooks, and studio know-how reinforce crew-based releases. Interviews and blog coverage of associated artists occasionally reference him directly, evidence of how local scenes tend to grow through kinship, mentorship, and repeat collaboration.

See also

• Long Island hip hop
• Roovet Records
• Independent music
• Hip hop collaborations

External links

• Shagusto on Apple Music — artist page (ID 1358412769)
• Shagusto / ShaGusto on Apple Music — artist page (ID 1481785343)
• Shagusto on Spotify
• "Bitches love me" (2012) — SoundCloud
• "Shit Dun Changed" — YouTube
• Shagusto on Instagram