Shad (rapper)
Shad | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shadrach Kabango |
| Also known as | Shad K Your Boy Tony Braxton |
| Born | July 18, 1982 Kenya |
| Origin | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative hip hop |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | shadk |
Shadrach Kabango (born July 18, 1982), 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.