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...Fella first bounced into Dash's mind when, at age 19, he went to a birthday party for rapper Heavy D at a cousin's Manhattan nightclub. The money and beautiful women hooked him. Two years later, a local DJ introduced Dash to Brooklyn rapper Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter. They teamed up, and Dash took Jay-Z on the road, but record labels weren't interested. Frustrated, Dash kept hustling Jay-Z at clubs in order to raise the money to start his own label, named in homage to the oil barons. He eventually persuaded Priority Records to distribute...
...MUSIC | Shawn McLaughlin & Smorgasbord / Cannibal Kings / Catapult CD Release
...Shawn McLaughlin, a local musician who has worked with several bands, recently pulled together some twenty musicians to produce a CD of instrumental music that drew on the talents of individual contributors. McLaughlin leads his band Smorgasbord from behind the drum kit, and besides the traditional instruments, one can also expect horns, cellos, turntables, and even the odd guest vocalist. The music of the Cannibal Kings range from world beat to Latin, reggae to jazz funk, all centered around guitar rock and gritty lyrics. The Vancouver band Catapult will celebrate the release of their EP, and The Lingo also plays...
...self-aggrandizing. He has kept listeners engaged all these years not with his humility but with a relaxed Brooklyn baritone that makes him sound a bit like a ghetto Sinatra (callous but with enviable style). His upbringing has also made fans a little more sympathetic about his avarice. Born Shawn Carter, Jay-Z grew up in Brooklyn's infamous Marcy projects, shot his brother in an argument at age 12, hit the streets to sell drugs soon after, dodged some bullets at close range and then, at 23, dedicated himself to making millions through rap. "I've taken the whole...
...Penn game was winding down and we knew we were guaranteed a piece of the Ivy League Championship, I just looked over at Shawn Parker [‘02], and said, we did it, and that was just an unbelievable feeling,” Butler says...