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Shad

Canadian rapper

PersonAge 44humanQ2276196

Also known as Shadrach Kabango

Born: July 18, 1982
Birthplace: Kenya
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Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: rapper
, singer
Education: Simon Fraser University
, Wilfrid Laurier University
, École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont
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Shadrach Kabango, known professionally as Shad or Shad K, is a Canadian rapper and broadcaster. Beginning his career in 2005, has released seven studio albums and three extended plays. He won a Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year in 2011 and five of his albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, the most short-list nominations of any artist in the prize's history. In 2013, CBC Music named Shad the second-greatest Canadian rapper of all time. Shad hosted Q on CBC Radio One from 2015 to 2016, and hosts the International Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary series Hip-Hop Evolution on HBO Canada and Netflix.

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Sex or gender: male
Instrument: guitar
voice
Website: shadk.com
Label: Black Box Music
Genre: alternative hip-hop
Start of work period: 2005
Pseudonym: Shad

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