

In June 2001, Shyne was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. It made Billboard 's number five spot on the charts and sold more than 900,000 copies. Shyne's self-titled debut album was recorded prior to the rapper's arrest. The album featured guest appearances from Barrington Levy and 112's Slim, as well as production from Bad Boy's in house producers The Hitmen. Shyne released Shyne (album) in September 2000. Shyne was charged with attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment. On December 27, 1999, Shyne, along with Combs and his then girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, were involved in a high-profile incident at a Manhattan club. JSTOR ( July 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. 1999–2008: Shyne, prison, and Godfather Buried Alive In the same year he featured on chief executive Sean Combs' second studio album Forever. He was notably featured on Mase's second album, Double Up (1999), and on a remix of Total's "Sittin At Home" single. Not long after, Shyne began making appearances on recordings made by his Bad Boy Entertainment label-mates. This event caused a small media shockwave. The contract also included a 5 studio album deal. It was reported that Shyne received millions of dollars, 3 cars of his choice and 2 homes just for signing.

He quickly took Barrow to Bad Boy Studios, where Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs signed him on the spot. In 1998, while Barrow was freestyling in a barbershop, he was discovered by hip hop producer DJ Clark Kent, who was working on The Notorious B.I.G.'s first posthumous album, Born Again. Music career 1997–1999: Career beginnings and signing to Bad Boy After he moved to New York, he began to develop a strong interest in the hip-hop culture of the 1980s and 1990s. When he was 8 years old, Barrow moved to Brooklyn to live with his mother in East Flatbush, while spending summers in Belize with his father. īarrow's mother moved to the United States when he was three years old, leaving her son with his father who was busy with politics which left him between the care of his mother's brother Michael and father's sister Denise in Belize City. Barrow's middle name comes from his uncle.

Shyne's mother is the sister of Michael Myvett, now going by the surname Finnegan, one of Dean Barrow's long-time political colleagues in Belize. Barrow divided his time between his mother in Brooklyn, New York City, and his politician father, who was elected in 2008 as the Prime Minister of Belize. Shyne was born Jamal Michael Barrow on November 8, 1978, in Belize City to Frances Imeon Myvette and Dean Barrow, who were not married.
