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I use the stage name ‘Shai Shim’ which is made up of my middle names, both of which are of Chinese descent, Shim being the surname of my grandparents.
I enjoy ice & roller hockey. My hobbies include making beats. I love listening to all types of music and writing lyrics for new tracks.
My parents noticed I loved music so much that my father built a home studio so I can develop my skills in my own time whenever I can.
I started rapping at the age of 10, when my mother noticed I liked rapping to `Lil Bow Wow` songs on the radio & TV, she asked if I would like to try rapping my own tracks. She then arranged for a family friend and rapper KC, to write lyrics and find some beats to rap to.
I made my first appearance at my cousins christening,performing a track called `You Betta Know`. Although it was in front of family and friends I was still a little nervous.
After doing more live appearances my mother contacted another family friend, a well known Birmingham based rapper called Blaq-I, with whose help I started writing my own lyrics.
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During 2003-2004 I worked very hard raising the profi le of Shai Shim mainly in Birmingham, with the help of an international artist from Atlanta Georgia called Hollywood.
The most memorable show of 2003/4 was the `Rocafella Urban Music Seminar` in London where I won an award called the `Trident Youth Award`.
More memorable experiences were supporting Busta Rhymes & the Flipmode Squad with Blaq-I on the 2003 European Tour performing in London, Milan, Zurich, Berlin, Munich and Paris where we performed for crowds of 6000 to 9000.
I am currently working with A.K from Propoint Studios, K-Lion from IMG Music Group & D.J. Scratch of the Flipmode Squad in America.
I also worked on the other side of the water with Peter Lindahl from IMA Records in Sweden, Europe, Sta an Lahti and Ollie Olson who mixed & mastered tracks by Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and other major superstar artists.
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Biography
