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Biography
There are multiple artists with the name Shy one.
1) Shy One was born on July 16th, 1983. Growing up watching horror movies and listening to acts such as Rush, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica, one would be quite surprised to find out he now considers himself to be a hip hop artist. All of these artists would have an affect on Shy One, but it was the Memphis ‘Devil’ style music that would spark the creativity inside of him. Artists like Three 6 Mafia, Koopsta Knicca, Playa Fly, Tommy Wright III, among others. Along with Texas underground rap acts, including DJ Screw and the Screwed Up Click. While Shy One absorbs everything he can in music, there’s no disputing that these acts and movies in particular were the ones that would shape who Shy One would become. Shy One is proof that everyone has to start somewhere. His first experience with music production and creation came from making beats on his Sister’s lackluster keyboard. From there, he would press the karaoke machine microphone to the speaker of the keyboard, to record the beat. Step three would be to record over the beat, using the karaoke microphone. This was truly grassroots at it’s best. After using this process for years, Shy One finally recorded his first real demo, in a real studio, in 1999. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that Shy One’s career really took off, though. With the rise of the then-popular MP3.com, Shy One’s fan base could only follow suit. He uploaded a solo song, simply to get a feel for people’s reactions, and suddenly he was swarmed with e-mails and order request from Corpus Christi, everywhere else in the USA, and as even as far away as Germany and Japan. A few months later Shy One would reach #1 on these charts, truly carving out a niche for himself.