User:Mikeypoppins/Shawn Chrystopher

Shawn Chrystopher Is an American Rapper and music producer from Inglewood, California and was born on July 22, 1986. After graduating high school at the age of 16, Shawn was awarded a 4 1/2 year scholarship to the University of Southern California. Whilst there, Shawn perfected his ability to play over 5 different instruments. In the fall of 2009, Shawn released his debut LP [1] via his website, Honourrolestudent.com. With the majority of the production done by Chrystopher, Okayplayer.com and HipHopOfficial.com both co-signed the project, calling it one of the most artistic projects of the year.

In March 2010, Shawn released his follow up project "The Audition EP", hosted by world-renowned DJs Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. Continuing where his previous project left off, "The Audition" garnered over 35,000 downloads within its first week of release.

After two nationwide tours, in December of 2010 Shawn released his third full length album, "You, And Only You" to critical acclaim. It received features in all of the music industry's top magazines and television networks. Viral interest grew with over 4.5 million viral internet views/plays of his music videos, songs, and interviews.

Interest in Shawn continued to grow with several top selling artists expressing interest in collaborating with him on various projects, most recently the artist "Owl City"who asked him to perform on their lead off (and number one charting) single "Alligator Sky" on its latest album "All Things Bright and Beautiful" which is due for release on May 17th 2011.

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"You, And Only You" Released for Download: December 2010

"The Audition" EP Released for download: March 2010

“Like A Kid Again” single Released for download on iTunes: Feb 2010

“Heartbreaker”' single Released for download on iTunes: November 2009

"A City With No Seasons Released for download: August 2009 Released for sale: November 2009 }}

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  1. ^ "A City With No Seasons"