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| Kinfolk Kia Shine is a rapper and record producer (born Nakia Shine Coleman on October 17, 1980) in Memphis, Tennessee.His hit single is "Krispy".He has worked with artists like La' Chat, Mike Jones, Yo Gotti, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Nelly, Jim Jones, Blak Jak, Project Pat, Wifey, and more.His aliases are Nakia Shine, Kinfolk, Kia Shine, and Kinfolk Jones.In August 2006, he hosted an episode of BET's Rap City.Kia Shine was heavily involved in a feud with P.Killa, an up and coming rap artist from Baltimore, Maryland.Kia Shine has yet to respond to it.Juicy J in 2004, DJ Paul later responded to it in a freestyle called "Neva Scared".He recently signed a deal with Universal Records.CEO Jack Frost of Rap Hustlaz.Kia Shine won the Southern Entertainment Award (S.Kinfolk Kia Shine's first Major record debut with Universal Records is entitled Due Season.Singles
"Krispy" (2007)
"W.This biographical article related to hip hop music is a stub.This page was last modified 09:32, 2 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.The video has been added to your playlist.Thank you for flagging this video.Thank you for sharing your concerns.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.Thank you for sharing this video!There are no sites linking to this video.Beat goes hard, lyrics are far from!If I hear someone say there crispy, I'll punch them in there damn face!Music video by Kia Shine performing Krispy: BET Version with J.Coleman, Barry Gibb, Adam Horowitz, Rick Rubin, Darryl McDaniels, Joey "Run" Simmons(C) 2007 Universal Mot...Music video by Kia Shine performing Krispy: BET Version with J.Coleman, Barry Gibb, Adam Horowitz, Rick Rubin, Darryl McDaniels, Joey "Run" Simmons(C) 2007 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.Get the latest Flash player.The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.Thank you for sharing this video!Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Not a Big fan of kia shine but the brother is doing him and getting pay(not saying thats all life is about) alot of yall need to quit hating so what he think his fresh his saying all that stuff for his woman fans.THIS FOO gots to be da GAYEST rapper comming from memphis, look at my hair?Kia Vaughn : NAPPY HEADED HO ...Crash Test Updates by the Insurance Institute for...AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArubaBahamasBarbadosBelizeBoliviaBrazilCayman IslandsChileColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFalkland Islands (Malvinas)GrenadaGuadeloupeGuatemalaGuiana (Fr)GuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaMartiniqueMexicoMontserratNetherlands AntillesNicaraguaPanamaParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and GrenadinesSt.BissauIvory CoastKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSt.In music, 2007 was a very good year.Add to my Watch List
(What's this?Memphis' Kia Shine, which is saying something in a Dirty South enamored of whips.As the 2007 recipient of the Southern Entertainment Award for the Independent Artist of the Year, Memphis based recording artist Kia Shine has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a force to be reckoned with.Born in and raised in Memphis' infamous Frazier neighborhood, Kia Shine witnessed first hand the devastating effect that drugs and poverty had on his community.Thankfully Kia Shine was able to resist the temptation of the cheap high and the fast money that crack offered many ghetto youth.God had bigger plans for me.While it may have taken him a while to figure out that music was his true calling, it was always a huge part of his life.Furious Five and Kurtis Blow.America, working for the casino conglomerate Harris Entertainment.He did well with the company, eventually earning a promotion that would have taken him to company?But at that point the call to music was too loud for him to ignore.In 1998, Kia Shine's little brother's L.Kia Shine invested his own money and poured himself into his brother's project from start to finish.Hits through a deal procured by Kia Shine.Although the record wasn?As luck would have it, a Universal Motown executive was in town trying to sign a local artist and bumped into the budding producer.Impressed with Kia Shine's business savvy and entrepreneurship the executive urged him to come to New York and play some music for him."So I went up to New York to try and let him hear the music.Kia Shine also teamed up with another burgeoning entrepreneur Jack Frost and formed Rap Hustlers Entertainment.Using buddy passes for Northwest Airlines Kia Shine would fly to New York and sell beats to high profile recording artists like Jersey Mone, Juvenile, 8 Ball and Ludacris.His work led to a production deal with Ruff Ryders and a publishing deal with Universal Music."At one point my company was going through some hard times," explains Kia Shine.All my artists left me and before I knew it I was broke.Making the transition from producer to rapper was a natural progression for Kia Shine.Round" featuring Mike Jones.When he dropped the club banger "Respect My Fresh" the public was more than ready to receive their Kia Shine with open arms.The song garnered over 5,000 Media Based spins.The buzz around Kia Shine piqued the interest of Universal Motown Records which promptly signed him to an unprecedented deal to release his debut CD Due Season.The CD is filled with club friendly joint like the blazing "I Be Everywhere," featuring Jim Jones, an ultra hyper song with a thunderous bass line and a dark gothic strings that play a haunting melody."Respect My Fresh," is a funky ditty about Kia Shine's reputation for wearing the freshest gear including his own line of high end sneakers called Traffic Jams.He continues to flaunt his fresh on the slamming heaters "Krispy" and "Wow".Replete with bangers like these, Due Season proves emphatically that Kia Shine's time to shine is right now."Last year I made people respect my fresh," says Kia Shine."This year I made them respect my grind."Personnel: Kia Shine (rap vocals).Repping Memphis strong, Kia Shine first made big noise in his hometown after moving 200,000 units through his independent label Rap Hustlaz.Kia Shine lays it down !Have you heard this album?The "A with the arrow logo" is a service mark of ARTISTdirect, Inc.Kia Shine had the chance to say yes, and work in Las Vegas as a Casino supervisor, he politely declined the offer.The decision, although at the time seemed neurotic, has begun to pay off.During an interview with DJBooth.Please welcome Kia Shine.We just got the chance to see your brand new video (Krispy).When you pressed play, what was that first feeling like?Harris Casinos corporate office, and they wanted me to go to Las Vegas and run their casino.Naw, this music is calling me to be something more.In this interview, with me, right now?MTV, exclusive, and your video is gonna be playing 125 times next week.What do you mean, get it?Memphis sign up all the groups that had a buzz during their particular time; I mean I could do no wrong.TVT, in the middle of the street in New York.Kia Shine has to offer?Memphis, man, the birthplace of blues!What do you think will change first, the gas prices or the content in hip hop?Go ahead Kia, give everybody a website, a Myspace address, so they can find out more about you, and your impending release.Pray for me and stay for me, man.Kia Shine is a good example of rags to riches.And he sets a better example of trying to stop all of the dope and drugs in lyrics.And thats to not let younger kinds hear that kind of lyrics.But i also think that rap lyrics like that will always be just like they are because even if alot of rappers stop using abusive lyrics, somebody somewhere is still going to use them and people still are going to buy it.As the 2007 recipient of the Southern Entertainment Award for the Independent Artist of the Year, Memphis based recording artist Kia Shine has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a force to be reckoned with.Frazier neighborhood, Kia Shine witnessed first hand the devastating effect that drugs and poverty had on his community.It looked like you were either selling it or your folks were using it.Thankfully Kia Shine was able to resist the temptation of the cheap high and the fast money that crack ... |
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