MC Shan (rapper)

MC Shan
Age
Also known as
Birth date	September 6, 1965
Birth name	Shawn Moltke
Born in	Queensbridge, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin	Queensbridge, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Current City	Queensbridge, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Styles	Hip-Hop, Old school hip-hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Songwriter, Singer
Years active	1985—present
Label(s)	MCA, Cold Chillin'
Associated acts	Juice Crew (rap group), Snow, Sasha, Marley Marl, Biz Markie
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MC Shan (born as Shawn Moltke September 9, 1965) is an American rapper from Queens, NYC. He is perhaps best known for collaborating with Snow on "Informer", an international number one hit single.

Biography

Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects located in Long Island City a section in Queens, New York City, Shan is the cousin of old school hip hop producer Marley Marl. In 1985, Shan started in MCA Records with his first & only major single Feed The World.MCA Had no understanding on how the hip hop industry works so that relationship went sour ,. Not long after, Shan moved to Cold Chillin' Records due to his relationship with Marl, and joined Marl's Juice Crew All-Stars. After a few singles were released, MC Shan's debut album Down By Law came out in 1987.it wasnt KRS one that ended shans willingness to record, It was the fact that the owners of cold chillin namely "Tyrone "fly-ty" Williams stole all the proceeds to prior albums including the publishing AS Shans manager amd head of the record company

Shan also found himself to be a key player in the noted hip hop rivalry the Bridge Wars between the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions. The feud was started when Shan and Marl released a song called "The Bridge" as a B-side to "Beat Biter," itself an answer record directed at L.L. Cool J. KRS-One responded with "South Bronx," and the Juice Crew replied with "Kill That Noise." Slate magazine described it as follows: "In 1986, it was a beef that launched the star of KRS-One," Boogie Down Productions then released "The Bridge is Over," widely celebrated among hip hop fans as the paramount diss track. Years later, MC Shan remade "The Bridge" into "Da Bridge 2001," and strongly denied the bridge "was over", saying:

• The Bridge was never over
• We left our mark
• The jam is dedicated to you and your boys
• I brought my Queensbridge thugs to kill that noise

Shan's second album, Born To Be Wild, followed in 1988 and revealed the b-boy persona of Shan, with production once again by Marley Marl. 1990's Play it Again, Shan displayed a more mature style, but it proved to be his last album. When Cold Chillin's sub label Livin' Large was active, he was listed as one of its artists but never released any material. Despite the fact that he focused more on his production career (like Snow's 12 Inches of Snow, which featured "Informer", on which Shan appeared) he recorded "Da Bridge 2001" for Nas's 2000 compilation called QB's Finest, which also featured Mobb Deep, Cormega, and Nature.

Shan also had a brief stint in film, playing a bit role in Steve Martin's L.A. Story feature film as Rappin' Waiter. He is also the older brother of female rapper and radio personality Princess Ivori. Shan is credited as the guest rapper on the Sum 41 song "Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're All About" from the album Half Hour Of Power.

Discography

Main article: MC Shan discography

Albums

• 1987: Down By Law
• 1988: Born to be Wild
• 1990: Play it Again, Shan

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Shan

See Also

• List of Rappers and Rap Groups
• List of Rappers
• List of American rappers and rap groups
• List of American rappers
• List of New York Metropolitan Area rappers and rap groups
• List of rapers and rap groups in New York City, New York
• Hip-Hop
• Hip-Hop music
• Hip-Hop culture
• History of hip-hop
• Hip-Hop Timeline: 1925 - Present
• 1980's hip-hop

MC Shan (rapper)