i seen a video on www.mediatakeout.com last night that kinda disturbed me but for an odd reason i liked it. i wasn't going to post it, but this morning i watched it again to get a new understanding.The beat is amazing and he on some real shit, whether or not the message is "positive" or not, he did his thing with putting that 90's feel back into hip hop. A lot of yall may not remember rapper Shyheim, i didn't recognize his name at first either. Back in 1993 at age 14 he made a debut "On and On". You may also remember him from the movies "Original Gangsters" and "The Preachers Wife" and TV shows such as "The Parent-Hood". He was also starred in TLC's video "Waterfalls" (the little boy with the afro). He been getting money over the years just not through hip-hop. I read an interview he did where he talked about all he's been through. Watching his mom die from her drug addiction, basically raising himself. He became a child hip-hop prodigy when Wu-Tang adopted him into their group. I'm not sure on it but they apparently fell out leaving Shy with no one.
"That’s why people drink and smoke weed and dust and shit, that’s how they escape. My music is not the escape drug. My music is rehab, we’re going to talk about this shit.” (via hiphopdx)
Thats never an excuse to use drugs but i understood the concept of the video after that. He reached out to Mediatakeout and ensured them that he doesn't do drugs and that he was only acting for the purpose of the video. Therefore its safe to assume that Shyheim will be showing us REAL shit and telling his story minus the sugar coating we've become accustomed too.
