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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shadrach Kabango |
| Also known as | Shad K Your Boy Tony Braxton |
| Born | July 18, 1982 Kenya |
| Origin | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, broadcaster |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Black Box Music, Decon, Duck Down, Secret City |
| Website | shadk |
Shadrach Kabango (born July 18, 1982), better known as Shad or Shad K, is a Canadian rapper and broadcaster. He has released 7 full-length albums and 3 EP's since his debut in 2005. He won a Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year in 2011 and 5 of his albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, the most short-list nominations of any artist since the prize's creation in 2006.[1] In 2013, CBC Music named Shad the second-greatest Canadian rapper of all time.[2][3] Shad hosted Q on CBC Radio One from 2015 to 2016 and hosts the International Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary series Hip-Hop Evolution on HBO Canada and Netflix.[4]
- ^ "Quebec comes in strong, Shad extends his history marking record on Polaris short list". Toronto Star. July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Who is Shad? 4 things to know about the new face of Q". thestar.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Shad: Why the thoughtful rapper is at the top of his game". Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Shad named new host of CBC's Q." CBC News. March 10, 2015.