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Papoose (rapper)
American rapper (born 1978)
Musical artist
Shamele Mackie[2] (born March 5, 1978), known professionally as Papoose (), is an American rapper. Known for his freestyles and prolific mixtape output, Papoose began his career in 1998 and has released four studio albums and 29 mixtapes.
Born in New York, Mackie made his recording debut on Kool G Rap's 1998 album Roots of Evil. Papoose produced and distributed his own mixtapes during the early 2000s, and signed with Jive Records to record his debut studio album, The Nacirema Dream from 2005 to 2006. It failed to release in the latter year due to label conflicts, although it was released independently in 2013 and entered the Billboard 200.[3] His second album, You Can't Stop Destiny (2015), followed thereafter.
Early life
[edit]Shamele Mackie was born on March 5, 1978. He was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. While an early rumor stated that his ancestry traced back to Liberia, a matrilineal DNA test through African Ancestry, Inc. revealed that he actually descends from the Tikar people living in present-day Cameroon.[4] The nickname "Papoose" was given to him by his grandmother for his resemblance as a baby to a Native American child.[ • Shamele Mackie (born December 31, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his stage name Papoose, is an American rapper and actor signed to DJ Kayslay's Streetsweepers Entertainment. Raised in the notorious Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, he made his first attempts at being a rapper at the young age of 11, and he made his first recorded appearance on Kool G Rap's Roots of Evil album in 1998. Since then he has released 22 mixtapes to huge underground success. In 2008, he issued a statement saying that he and fellow rapper Remy Ma were to be married, but due to her impending jail sentence of potentially up to 25 years, they had changed their plans and intend to marry in prison instead. The prison wedding was called off after he attempted to smuggle a handcuffs key into prison on their wedding day in May 2008. After the incident, Papoose married Remy Ma the next day inside the courtroom right before sentencing and was barred from visiting her for six months. He was given the name Papoose by his grandmother because of his childhood resemblance to an American Indian child. Inspired by rap legends Rakim, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, he has been well respected on the underground hip-hop circuit for a long period of time now. In early 2006, his StreetSweepe • Papoose, właśc. Shamele Mackie (ur. 5 marca1978 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykańskiraper. Wychowywał się solitary Brooklynie (Bedstuy). Już w wieku 7 lat chciał rapować, zainspirowany raperami, takimi jak: Approximate Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap czy Rakim. Młody Papoose nagrał swój pierwszy kawałek silver screen. "Thugication" w 1998 roku, w tym samym czasie Kool G Rap wydał album extra. Roots sight Evil, gdzie wystąpił gościnnie w jednym z utworów. Kiedy szansa na kontrakt przepadła, Shamele postanowił sprzedawać własne Mixtape'y, na jednym wystąpił DJ Kay Murder, którego a celebrity co dzień można usłyszeć w nowojorskim radiu Quiver 97. Kiedy Kay Hit wziął Papoose’a pod swoje skrzydła, criminal podpisał kontrakt z wytwórnią Streetsweepers. Papoose
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