Originally from Maddison located in Wisconsin in the states and that’s the place he was born in and grew up in and when he was just three years old he started playing basketball in his Oregon High school and slowly was one of the best players and then after graduating from school. Shaka attended Kenyon College and took Liberal Arts school in Ohio and then he was in all-conference selection as a senior player in his school career and then later he was named as a member of the 1999 USA Academic team.