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Shamele Mackie (born March 5 1978), better known by his stage name Papoose (/pæˈpuːs/), is an American rapper.

Biography

Shamele Mackie born on March 5 1978 to Irene Mackie. Papoose made his first attempts at rapping 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 Rakim, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, he made his first recorded appearance in 1998 on Kool G Rap's Roots of Evil album. The following year, he released his first single, "Thug Connection"/"Alphabetical Slaughter".

After an early record deal failed, he decided to produce and sell his own mixtapes, one of which he presented to DJ Kay Slay outside the offices of New York's Hot 97 after the latter's radio show there. This led to Kay Slay inviting Papoose onto the air, and, impressed by his rendition of "Alphabetical Slaughter", signing him to his Streetsweepers Entertainment label. He continued to release mixtapes at a prolific rate – over a dozen between 2004 and 2006 – and won the Justo Mixtape Award for Best Underground Artist in 2005. As of 2008, he had put out his twentieth, Build or Destroy.

In 2006, he made a series of guest appearances on tracks by other artists, most notably on a remix of Busta Rhymes' US Top 20 single "Touch It" and Joe's Top 30 single "Where You At?"

In early 2006, his StreetSweepers crew linked up with Busta Rhymes' Flipmode Inkprint to co-executive produce Papoose's first official album. Papoose is no longer affiliated with Flipmode Squad.

On August 24 2006, his official website announced that he had signed with Jive Records in a deal worth $1.5 million. However, in September 2007, Kay Slay revealed that he and Papoose had left Jive, commenting that they had "almost victims of A&R hell."

Controversy

Uncle Murda

- He has a diss track out against fellow brooklyn MC Uncle Murda in which he ridicules Uncle Murda and the way he's handled the recent events of his shootings. He continues the verbal assault on his latest mixtape "Build or Destroy"

Fat Joe

After a fist fight at a hotel between the two rappers and various interviews from all the parties involved Papoose has released a diss track entitled "A Fair One" which offer many detail of the fight that somewhat contradict both of the stories told so far by both rappers.

Remy Ma

Papoose has put out a statement saying that he and remy ma were going to get married,but due to the fact that remy ma is set to go to jail and could face up to 15 to 25 years. Papoose has changed his plan for him and remy ma to get married in prison instead.

Music

One of his most notable songs is a song where Papoose raps using all the letters of the alphabet entitled "Alphabetical Slaughter."

More recently he made a song called "Change Gon’ Come (50 Shots)", that talks about the Sean Bell shooting, in which an unarmed man was shot fifty times by New York police. The song concludes with a sample of fifty gunshots.

He has made appearances on songs by Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, Busta Rhymes, Tupac Shakur (on his most recent posthumous record Pac's Life), Chamillionaire, Raekwon, Jadakiss, Cam'ron and Jim Jones.

His debut album is entitled The Nacirema Dream (the title from a backwards spelling of "American"). It is expected that production will come from The Heatmakerz, Swizz Beats, DJ Premier, Kanye West, DR Period and Pharrell Williams. Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Benny Donaghy have also been speculated. Nas may be featured on a track, and possibly Talib Kweli.

Speaking on the album, Papoose said:

At the end of the day, my material, my music speaks for itself. I never came into this with no gimmick. I never had to diss nobody to get no attention. I always came with pure talent, pure material. I ain't gon let ya'll down with this album, straight up and down. My album gon' make history..

The album is your diploma. The mixtapes are high school. The album is like-it's a whole different level. You're reaching a whole new level. Everything is strategic that I did. From "Sharades," to "Monopoly," to "Chess," I dropped 17 mixtapes. The album is a whole other level from the mixtapes."

Discography

Studio albums

• The Nacirema Dream (as yet unreleased: expected 2008)

Mixtapes

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• Art & War (2004)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Street Knowledge (2004)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: The Beast from the East (2004)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Election Day: Papoose for the Streets (2004)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: A Moment of Silence (2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Underground King (2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Sharades (2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Mixtape Murder (Runnin' the City)(2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: A Bootlegger's Nightmare(2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose & Memphis Bleek: Bedstuy: Do or Die (2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Unfinished Business: The Best of Papoose (2005)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Menace II Society Part II (2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: A Threat and a Promise (2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: The Boyz in the Hood (2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: The 1.5 Million Dollar Man (2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Second Place Is the First Loser (October 12 2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: The Fourth Quarter Assassin: Holiday Hitman (December 2 2006)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Internationally Known (March 292007)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Already a Legend (2007)
• StreetSweepers Presents Papoose: Build or Destroy (2008)

Guest appearances

References

1. ^ Cordor, Cyril. "Papoose > Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
2. :::::PapooseOnline:::::
3. ^ Erwin, Jack (2007-10-09). "Next Up: Papoose". XXL. Harris Publications. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
4. Golianopoulos, Thomas (2006-06-26). "Papoose". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
5. Johnson, Dick (2007-09-21). "50 Cent Outsells Kanye West In Europe, Saigon Says He Was Set Up During Mobb Deep Fight, Jay-Z Drops Another One". sohh.com. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
6. [Singles] Papoose - Who Shot Ya ( Uncle Murda Diss)
7. [News] Fat Joe & Papoose Face Off (Audio)
8. [Singles] Papoose - A Fair One (Fat Joe Diss)
9. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584363/20080328/papoose.jhtml
10. Breihan, Tom (2006-11-30). "Papoose's Response to Police Shooting: A Great Rap Moment". The Village Voice. Village Voice Media. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
11. Hip-Hop Connection, October 2006.

• "BBC Radio 1Xtra" interview/broadcast segment
• Rolling Stone article
• free track Pitchfork Media article
• New York Times concert review
• Prefix Magazine article
• BET interview

External links

• Official website and store
• Template:MySpace
• Mixtape Website

• African American rappers
• Five Percenters
• New York City rappers
• People from Brooklyn
• 1978 births
• Living people
• Liberian-Americans