Shyheim is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rapper and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. In his younger years, he became the youngest Wu-Tang affiliate at the time.

Biography

After moving to Staten Island

Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...

 from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

 as a child, Shyheim spent time living with Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...

 member Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah

Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...

 in the Stapleton Houses

Stapleton, Staten Island

Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and...

. He became affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan and released his first single, "On and On," in 1993. He gained fans and won accolades for his Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 debut, AKA the Rugged Child

AKA the Rugged Child

AKA the Rugged Child is the debut album of American rapper Shyheim. A Wu-Tang Clan affiliate, he was 15 years old when the album was released.-Track listing:#"Here Come the Hits"...

. It included hit single

Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

 "On and On", and the album rose to #7 on the US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

R&B

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

 chart

Record chart

A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....

.

He released another album in 1996, The Lost Generation

The Lost Generation (album)

-Track listing:#"Shit Iz Real"#*"Contains a sample from "Closer Than Friends" by Surface#"Dear God" #"Jiggy Comin'"#"5 Elements" #"Shaolin Style"...

, which featured members of G.P. Wu and Brooklyn Zu. He also shared the stage with the Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...

, and Big Daddy Kane

Big Daddy Kane

Antonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop...

 at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

, for a live freestyle session. His prestige also landed him an appearance on Big Daddy Kane's "Show & Prove," which featured Ol Dirty Bastard, Sauce Money

Sauce Money

Sauce Money is a rapper who worked with Jay-Z in his early career and was featured on Big Daddy Kane's album Daddy's Home on the track "Show N' Prove" alongside Scoob Lover, Shyheim, Jay-Z, and Ol' Dirty Bastard...

 and Jay-Z

Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...

. Shyheim landed a video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 appearance in TLC

TLC (band)

TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...

's "Waterfalls". His roles in film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s included Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas is a 1996 action movie set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree....

, In Too Deep, and The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife is a 1996 romantic-family-dramedy-christmas film directed by Penny Marshall, and starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Loretta Devine. It is a remake of the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife....

and he also starred in the television show The Parent Hood. After being arrested in 2001, Shyheim served a prison sentence that led to a two year hiatus. In 2007, Shyheim started Bottom Up Records.

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" width="650"|Album information
|-
|align="left"|AKA the Rugged Child

AKA the Rugged Child

AKA the Rugged Child is the debut album of American rapper Shyheim. A Wu-Tang Clan affiliate, he was 15 years old when the album was released.-Track listing:#"Here Come the Hits"...

• Released: April 19, 1994
• RIAA Certification: N/A
• Billboard 200 chart position: #52
• R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #7
• Singles: On And On, Ones For Da Money, Pass It Off

|-
|align="left"|The Lost Generation

The Lost Generation (album)

-Track listing:#"Shit Iz Real"#*"Contains a sample from "Closer Than Friends" by Surface#"Dear God" #"Jiggy Comin'"#"5 Elements" #"Shaolin Style"...

• Released: May 28, 1996
• Billboard 200 chart position: #63
• R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #10
• Singles: Shaolin Style Ft. Method Man, Shit Iz Real

|-
|align="left"|Manchild

Manchild (album)

Manchild is a 1999 album by emcee Shyheim. The album was Shyheim's third and featured Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, legendary rapper Big L and more. Shyheim was 20 when he released this album. The album had one single, "Furious Anger," which featured Big L and a mix of the voice of Samuel L...

• Released: November 2, 1999
• RIAA Certification: N/A
• Billboard 200 chart position: N/A
• R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: N/A
• Singles: Furious Anger Ft. Big L
  Big L
  Big L may refer to:* Lamont Coleman , better know by Big L, American hip-hop artist.Or a number of British radio stations:*Big L 1395, a British radio station.*Radio Luxembourg's English-language progammes ....
  
  , Manchild Ft. Tekitha
  Tekitha
  Tekitha is a female vocalist who appeared to take the role of Wu-Tang Clan in-house singer for the album Wu-Tang Forever, on which she also performed a solo track titled "Second Coming". She also filled in for the unavailable Mary J...
  
  

|-
|align="left"|The Greatest Story Never Told

The Greatest Story Never Told (album)

The Greatest Story Never Told is a 2004 album by rapper Shyheim.-Track listing:#"The Greatest Story Never Told" #"160.15"#"I'm Back, It's Great" #"The Bottom"#"I Am Good, Play Your Part"...

• Released: December 2004
• RIAA Certification: N/A
• Billboard 200 chart position: N/A
• R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: N/A
• Singles: N/A

|-
|align="left"|Disrespectfully Speaking

Disrespectfully Speaking

-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Staten Island"#"Evil Bitches"#"Look At Me"#"Love Letters" #"Dust Juice"#"Wake Up" #"Safe"#"Just Be U"#"Pettle 2 The Metal"#"Pain" #"Bond"...

• Released: May 2009
• RIAA Certification: N/A
• Billboard 200 chart position: TBD
• R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: TBD
• Singles: Dust Juice, Just BU, Staten Island

Guest appearances

• Siris a.k.a. Pharaoh Siris Long Beach California "1st Rapper To incorporate Dubstep into Rap Music 4/10/2011 ft Shyheim - BU State
• Siris a.k.a. Pharaoh Siris ft Shyheim – Eyithang Personal
• Hazhe ft. Shyheim – Bond
• What they know about me Shyheim Ft. Craig Bass
• Shyheim, Ty nitty(infamous mobb), Crippled, F-U, Bankroll – Givin up
• Big Daddy Kane ft. Shyheim, Scoob Lover, Jay-Z, Sauce Money, and Ol' Dirty Bastard – Show & Prove
• Goodfellaz ft. Shyheim & Smooth Da Hustler – Sugar Honey Ice Tea
• Immature ft. Shyheim – Lover's Groove
  Lover's Groove
  "Lover's Groove" is a song by Immature which was released as a single in 1995 from the album We Got It. Rapper Shyheim featured on the Get Hooked Remix. Two videos were shot for each version of the song....
  
   [Get Hooked Remix]
• Isley Brothers ft. Shyheim – Floatin On Your Love [Remix]
• Jamal ft. Shyheim – Still Fades 'Em All
• Krohme ft. Shyheim & Dom Pachino – Catch Me On Broadway
• Krohme ft. Shyheim & Dom Pachino – Summertime
• L.E.O. ft. Shyheim, Sunz of Man & Ras Kass – Represent
• Mista ft. Shyheim – Blackberry Molasses [Amiri Remix]
• Moorish 7 ft. Shyheim – From The Grain
• Phil Anastasia ft. Dyverse The First, Dr. Armor, Rahsaan, Lounge Lo, The Last American B-boy, King Just & Shyheim – The Outfit
• Quindon ft. Shyheim & Smooth – Its You That's On My Mind
• GP Wu ft. Shyheim – Bring The Drama
• Raphael ft. Shyheim & Loucha-Nap – Worldwide
• Ruffa ft. Shyheim – What Does It Mean?
• Shaka Amazulu The 7th ft. Myalansky & Shyheim – Traps [4th Disciple Remix]
• Shaka Amazulu The 7th ft. Shyheim & Wasabifunk – Just Like U
• Sway & King Tech ft. Shyheim, Nas, Chino XL, Saafir, Organized Konfusion, Dred Scott, Lauryn Hill  & Ras Kass – The Anthem '94
• Vicious ft. Shyheim – Life As A Shorty
• Big L feat. Shyheim – Furious Anger
• Wu-Tang Clan Ft. Shyheim – In Trouble
• Scoob,Big Daddy Kane, Shyheim , 2pac , Biggie , -Where Brooklyn
• 8-Off Agallah ft. Shyheim – Yeah Yeah
• I Boogie Vic Po feat. Shyheim the Manchild
• 702 ft. Shyheim – Word Iz Bond
• DJ Quik ft. Hi-C, Shyheim & Talib Kweli – Proem
• Dainjamental ft Crunch Lo, Polite, Shyheim, Rubbabandz, Dom Pachino & 9th Prince – Ambush
• "Starvin Belly" Mixtape hosted by AZ "Stack Up"- Shyheim, Castro & TEN/27 (Trevy Is Famous!)

External links

• Shyheims Official Website
• Shyheim at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...