Shamele Mackie, better known by his stage name Papoose (IPA: /pæˈpuːs/)
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Papoose made his first attempts at being a rapper at the age of eleven. He was given his name by his grandmother because of his childhood resemblance to a Native American 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 StreetSweepers crew linked up with Busta Rhymes' Flipmode Inkprint to co-executive produce Papoose's first official album. On August 24, 2006, his official website announced that he signed with Jive Records, a deal which, according to his management's official website was worth $1.5 million.
Papoose has recently become known for engaging in charity work, visiting sick children and donated to causes including the Make-A-Wish Foundation and to various Hurricane Katrina charities.
On September 19, 2007 DJ Kay Slay announced that Papoose and himself have parted ways from Jive records. "We have officially gotten our release from Jive fuckin records. It was like a fuckin year of hell... Unfortunately, we almost became victims of A&R hell." On the radio show slay was asked what was next for Papoose, and he said "You know we can't talk about that man." The future of the album is unknown at this time, but they said to own the records that were created under Jive.
Papoose is no longer affiliated with Flipmode Squad. (credit wikipedia)
This is just one song of Pap's crazy catalog...
Pap...When can we get that album????
1 comments:
Yo I completely lost it when i first heard Alphabetical Slaughter. Pap is sick but you could see the writing on the wall with his album. When he got signed to that $1.5 million deal it was because he was making music that was honest, authentic and dope. But then the industry came into play and started f**king everything up. You could hear it in the quality of his music. He started trying too hard to make "pop-type" records and it wasn't hitting. Add that to the fact that his album got pushed back for almost two years and you have another talented rapper fall off the map. Its sad really and I wish I knew the answer on how to fix it.
I just wish Pap can get an opportunity to make the album that he wants to make and let the people decide.
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