Grindaholic that's what you can call meI'm constantly on the grind one way or another.I'm down to earth,cool,laid-back gangsta,Businessman,intelligent,spontaneous,open-minded,mentally,physically,and financially stable.Good sense of humor,low tolerance for bullshit.D.E is the movement.Destiny Entertainment(production,marketing,promotion,executive production,management,ghost writing,artist development,) ARTIST SHAWN DON,CITY MAINE,SIVE,AVA DENERA,PRINCE RAH,BIRDIE,MEAN TEAM,SHIRLEY HYPOLITE,DESTINY ENT."BUILT FOR THE STRUGGLE" Cop that City Maine "STREETS DON'T LOVE YOU"Mixtape Cop that Shawn Don "MOMENT OF TRUTH" Cop that AVA DENERA "SET IT OFF" Mixtape Abraham 165 jamaica he got the official copies.It's been a long time coming,we destined to blow,cause NEW YORK feelin this Destiny flow.Destiny Entertainment "We built to succeed"
Destiny Entertainment was founded in 1998 by S (Shawn don)Clarke!
Shawn Don aka Mr. Grey Poupon, aka Mr. Two Steps from M.T.V,
Is in the
Building.
The Biography
As you read on youll hear about this once haunted young man turned mulit-talented artists
struggle with the day to day trials of the music industry and youll read about his trying and
sometimes deadly path to stardom. In every possible way Mr. Don is truly answering to the call of
duty both in the office and in the studio.
Born in the late 1970s to a very young couple which consisted of Shawns very young
mother and his father, who was a street savvy hustler. Shawn (born Safari ) witnessed many
disturbing events at a young age growing up in Harlem, New York. He viewed the lives and slow
deaths of dope fiends and junkies as he and his parents stepped over them in the hall to get inside of
their apartment.
Shawn at the age of three witnessed his first dead body, which provoked his parents to move
him to Queens andisolate him as a means of protecting him from. Shawns parents did not know
that Harlem Life was already in his blood.
The fact that Shawns father was a hustler gave him that hustlers mentality.
Growing up in Queens in the early 1980s
wasnt exactly a walk in the park. The streets were ran
by gangs, drug dealers, the mob, and the NYPD, the
biggest gang in New York.
The option to join any of them was always there
but it didnt stop Shawn from doing what he had
to do. Shawn was always ambitious and eager to get his
own. Shawn was picked on as a child because he didnt
have the luxuries that the other kids parents could
provide.
He rocked his hair in an afro and they teased him calling him BuckWheat and instead of
British Knights he rocked Pro Wings with cardboard in the bottoms to cover the holes. The
teasing created a high drive for fashion inside Shawn. So when he managed to get his first job at
age 11 delivering pizzas in his neighborhood he quickly turned the tables and became the dude to
have whatever he wanted that was new and hot.
When did you fall in love with Hip Hop?
Shawn realized he had a love for hip-hop when
Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew debuted with
their first single titled Show/Laddidadi. Shawn was
also influenced by his uncle Gerard, who was an
exceptional lyricist. Gerard used to hang out in the
famous Greenhouse (where is the Greenhouse and what is it?) with many upcoming greats
such as the Rock wilder and Redman, just to name a few. At the age of 10, Shawn was given the
mic by his father, in which he would freestyle rap. And the pressure brought on by his dad
speaking in his Jamaican dialect (Potwa) was enough to make him improve. Not too long after,
these influences gave Shawn the courage to begin writing his own rap lyrics.
Shawn entered Junior high school with the likes of many rappers like 50 Cent and
Cadillac Tah, etc. Shawn would freestyle rap and friends would tell him he was hot, but that
wasnt good enough for him. So by the time he entered high school he would engage in ciphers
at luncheon tables and would participate in school talent shows. He always dominated the
competition, but once Shawn was introduced to basketball and the street life, rap took a back
seat.
At the age of 16, Shawn and his close friend, Rodell were kindly taken by Rodells father
to meet Russell Simmons. Simmons told them to bring back some songs. It was 1993, and this
was the same year Dr. Dre dropped his album The Chronic. They were good young rappers.
But thats exactly what they knew how to do rap. They hadnt yet mastered the art of making
records and thats exactly what they would need to learn in order to advance. It was something
like a back to the street meeting. They didnt have a music manager of any sort to help them put
their songs together. So they had to eventually learn on their own or quit the game completely.
But the pressures of reality had set in and Shawn was faced with the fact and
responsibility that he had a daughter on the way that he had to provide for and rap started feeling
like a long shot. Shawn was arrested twice in 1993 for theft of a Mercedes Benz and an Acura
Legend. Flipping cars became a fast means of getting money at a young age. He was placed on
probation with the New York City Department of Probation. He quickly gave up the auto theft
business. Larceny just wasnt his thing. So it was back to square one hustling drugs. The dice
game money wouldnt be enough any more. It was as if the drug hustle was calling him his
whole life. He had a seed to feed. Shawn still wrote raps for his personal satisfaction but had no
means to make a profit out of em.
At the age of 20, Shawn started Destiny Entertainment.
The first artist on Destiny
Entertainment was Ava Denera. At this point
music became a priority to Shawn again. He
put out a full-fledged promotion for Ava. He
promoted Ava so much that she opened up for
Trina on several occasions and was on every mixtape from Envy to Kay Slay and even put out a
couple of her own mixtapes. Ava was on many college radio stations and even some well known
radio stations. Ava worked with many producers like Just Blaze, Rockwilder, Sha-Money, XL
and many others. Shawn performed alongside Ava at all her shows as the crowds hypeman. At
the same time Shawn was also the man to handle all of Avas legal and business aspects.
Love Dinero was the next project. Recording, manufacturing, and distribution led to
getting Love Dinero a street buzz as a young DJ. Hes now the Mixtape General who won the
Justo Mixtape award for best DJ. This gave Shawn the knowledge and experience on how to
push an artist. It taught him about networking, the power of phone calls, and how important
relationships are. Shawn even mastered song writing. He did ghost writing on the side for
several artists, which was a good way to pay the bills.
In 1996 Shawn had a tragic car accident that almost became fatal. It was so bad that the
bone in his right arm was crushed to pieces, he had broken fingers, his face was cut up, and one
of his eyelids were split in two places. After days of surgery and months of therapy it wasnt too
long before Shawn was back in the streets. Shawn would never be the same after the accident,
but it would only make him stronger and more determined.
After being arrested in 1998 on drug charges, Shawn decided it was time to go full-fledge
with his music, but because he was under the supervision of the NYC Department of Probabtion,
his mobility to travel was slowed down. Four years later the probation was violated, which
landed him some months on the infamous Rikers Island.
During Shawns stay at Rikers Island, he wrote every single day for hours and hours at a
time. Through stage experiences with Ava Denera, a lot of the butterflies were gone. Shawn
even engaged in ciphers with other inmates. It became a ritual for other inmates in C76 to come
to Shawn to hear new fire verses. He always promised them he was going to be big. So at this
point Shawn had made up his mind that he was going to be one of the biggest artist that music as
a whole would ever see.
Soon after being released from Rikers Island, Shawn started recording his solo project.
The first song he recorded was with a childhood friend, Moody Joon. The song was produced by
Carlo Jackson and it was titled, We Movin. Shawn then moved to Atlanta where him and
Moody Joon went on to record an album titled Rich Kids executive produced by Carlo
Jackson. It included guest appearances by C-Bone and Nate (Koncrete) courtesy of Purple
Ribbon Records and was mixed at Outkasts studio, Stankonia.
Shawn moved back to New York from Atlanta to pursue his solo career. He recorded the
classic mixtape titled Moment Of Truth in 2005, which featured many artists from his team.
Shawn also created the underground banger Rat Bastard, produced by platinum
producer Crown (Firehouse Muzik). These artists included AVA Denera,City Maine, Black Smoke,Haze,Knox,Birdie,lamboghini Luch, Prince
Rah, and Sive. Moment Of Truth took away any doubts that the streets had.
Shawns next mixtape brought him to levels above
the first. The title is Industry Virus,
which speaks for itself. Shawn Don is viewed as one of
the hottest artists New York has seen in years. Not only is
Shawn street smart, but his intellectual level is superb.
Shawn is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
Between his determination, his lyrics, and his creativity Shawn is destined to succeed.
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