He rose to fame after working as a writer for “Grantland” which was a sports and pop-culture blog owned and operated by ESPN.
He has written for popular magazines and companies such as ‘GQ’, ‘ESPN’, ‘LA Weekly’, ‘XXL’, ‘Rolling Stone’, ‘MTV’, and ‘Vice’.
Shea is also a New York Times best-selling author.
Shea’s birth date is not known to the public yet. He was born in the city of San Antonio in the state of Texas. He holds American nationality. His ethnicity is Mexican.
He grew up in his home state. There is not a bit of information about his early life and childhood on the internet. Maybe he likes to keep it quiet.
Discussing his education or academic achievement, he joined Sam Houston State University which is located in Huntsville, Texas. He graduated from there some years later.
Shea’s career is of diverse nature. He has worked as a teacher in the past. Presently, he is a well-known author and an illustrator.
He did the teaching job for several years, almost nine years. He taught science to 8th-grade students. Afterward, he tried his career in journalism.
He initiated his writing career in 2007. At first, he wrote for the ‘Near Northwest Banner’ and ‘Houston Press’.
He mainly wrote about hip-hop. Shea submitted his writing to rapper Trae Tha Truth’s ban from a Houston radio station.
The rapper had filed a lawsuit against the station. This work by Shea made him famous, and he rose to prominent fame.
From here on, he was pursued by many companies to write for them. Presently, he is the staff writer for Bill Simmons’ website, ‘The Ringer’ since July 2016.
Shea also wrote his own book. On September 17, 2013, he published his first book, “Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity” which was based on the coloring and activity of popular rappers.
He published his second book on October 13, 2015, named, “The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song of Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed”. It was listed in the New York Best Selling list.
There is no information about his salary and as of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of $7 million.
Although Shea hasn’t been part of any public controversies, sometimes he is criticized for his sarcastic tweets on Twitter.
Shea has a good height of 5 feet 7 inches. He has brown eyes color and his hair color is dark brown.
There is no information about his body weight and shoe size.
Shea is active on social media like Instagram and Twitter.
He has over 59.6k followers on his Instagram account and over 392.2k followers on his Twitter account. He is not active on Facebook.
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