Prince Paul
Background information
Birth name	Paul Huston
Origin	Amityville, New York, USA
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupations	Record producer, Singer and DJ
Years active	1985—
Labels	Tommy Boy Records/Warner Bros. Records Elektra Records WordSound Records Razor and Tie Records
Associated acts	Stetsasonic Handsome Boy Modeling School Gravediggaz De La Soul MC Paul Barman Chris Rock Big Daddy Kane Resident Alien Horror City Dino 5

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Paul Huston, (born April 2, 1967^[1]) better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an American disc jockey and hip-hop record producer.^[2] He was also a founding member of the Gravediggaz where he used the name The Undertaker.

Biography[link]

Originally a member of Stetsasonic, he produced tracks on hip-hop albums such as 3rd Bass' 1989 debut album The Cactus Album and De La Soul's first three albums. After which he put together two solo albums: Psychoanalysis: What is It? and the hip hop operette A Prince Among Thieves, which featured Big Daddy Kane, Xzibit, Kool Keith and Everlast. He, along with Frukwan of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic of Brothers Grimm, and The RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, made up the Gravediggaz.

In 1990, Russell Simmons gave Paul an imprint under his Def Jam label. The imprint's only album, It Takes a Nation of Suckers to Let Us In by Resident Alien, was never officially released. In the liner notes of De La Soul's 1993 album Buhloone Mindstate, Paul hinted at his future projects with the Gravediggaz: "I would like to thank all my friends and business cohorts who dissed me, played me, and jerked me when times were hard. For you made me wiser, stronger, crazier, and, most of all, a Gravedigga!"

Alongside Teo Macero, Prince Paul co-produced guitarist Vernon Reid's solo debut in 1995.

In 1996, he appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source magazine.

Huston teamed up with Dan the Automator to form Handsome Boy Modeling School; the group's album So... How's Your Girl? featured diverse names from Sean Lennon and Del tha Funkee Homosapien to Alec Empire and Don Novello. Huston was also featured in a feat with super group Deltron 3030 on their self titled album for the song The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza. In the year 2000, Paul Produced MC Paul Barman's début EP It's Very Stimulating. White People continued Handsome Boy's tradition of strange skits and an odd mix of guests over Paul- and Automator-produced beats, including The RZA, Linkin Park, Tim Meadows, and John Oates.

Politics of the Business (2003) is a look at present-day hip hop, again featuring many guests, from Chuck D and Ice T to the Beatnuts and Wordsworth. The latter also collaborated on a track Paul composed for the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack. Several songs by Paul have been featured only on compilation releases such as Om Records's "Deep Concentration" and Bill Laswell's "Altered Beats" collections.

His most recent release is the album Itstrumental, a return to Paul's previous work, depending on how one saw POTB. Itstrumental contained a range of genres, relying heavily on past samples, especially those from A Prince Among Thieves, and tying it together with several lighthearted skits about his apparently real depression. He also produced the album The Art of Picking Up Women of imaginary rockers the Dix, which bring some of hip-hop's misogyny and boasting to 1960s-style R&B.

Paul nabbed a deal with satellite radio company XM and was the host of "The Ill Out Show" on the company's Rhyme 65 channel, until the station was dropped following the merger with Sirius. The show was hosted with members of the Ill Out Crew, various staple partners Paul has worked with throughout his career such as Don Newkirk (who closes engineer Al Watt's imaginary 3 Feet High and Rising game show and also appears on 3rd Bass's The Gas Face.). The show is a hip-hop fan favorite, airing news, classic songs, and interviews with various hip-hop artists. What may become one of the show's most famed episodes was a love-joint show in July 2006, featuring love/relationship-oriented Hip-Hop songs programmed in an unorthodox fashion through an in-depth interview with R.A. the Rugged Man.

Paul's latest project is Baby Elephant, a collaboration with Parliament and Talking Heads keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and longtime Paul associate Don Newkirk. Released September 11, 2007, Turn My Teeth Up!, features George Clinton, Shock G, Yellowman, Reggie Watts, Nona Hendryx, David Byrne, and Gabby La La.

On October 30, 2006, it was reported on the official Hieroglyphics blog that Prince Paul was in the studio doing production work on upcoming album of the Souls of Mischief.

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

• 1996: Psychoanalysis: What is It? (WordSound Records, later reissued by Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records in 1997 with bonus cuts)
• 1999: A Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records)
• 2003: Politics of the Business (Razor & Tie)
• 2005: Itstrumental (Female Fun Records)
• 2005: Hip Hop Gold Dust (Antidote)

Collaborative albums[link]

• 1986: On Fire (Stetsasonic)
• 1988: In Full Gear (Stetsasonic)
• 1991: Blood, Sweat & No Tears (Stetsasonic)
• 1994: 6 Feet Deep (Gravediggaz)
• 1999: So... How's Your Girl? (Handsome Boy Modeling School)
• 2002: The Hip-Hop Experiment (A compilation album supporting Dexter's Laboratory on which he appears on the song "Back to the Lab")
• 2004: White People (Handsome Boy Modeling School)
• 2005: The Art of Picking Up Women (The Dix)
• 2007: Turn My Teeth Up! (Baby Elephant)
• 2008: Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents The Dino 5 (Dino 5)

Production[link]

• 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul (1989)
• It's a Big Daddy Thing by Big Daddy Kane (1989)
• The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass (1989)
• All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah (1989)
• To Your Soul by Jaz-O (1990)
• Starting from Zero by Groove B Chill (1990)
• Taste of Chocolate by Big Daddy Kane (1990)
• Derelicts of Dialect by 3rd Bass (1991)
• It Takes a Nation of Suckas to Let Us In by Resident Alien (1991)
• Daddy's Little Girl by Nikki D (1991)
• De La Soul Is Dead by De La Soul (1991)
• Sex and Violence by Boogie Down Productions (1992)
• I Thought U Knew by Candyman (1993)
• My Field Trip to Planet 9 by Justin Warfield (1993)
• Buhloone Mindstate by De La Soul (1993)
• Behind Bars by Slick Rick (1994)
• Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Mix) by Cypress Hill (1996)
• America is Dying Slowly by Various Artists (1996)
• Downlow - The Hip Hop Underground by Various Artists (1996)
• The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel by the Gravediggaz (1997)
• Roll With the New by Chris Rock (1997)
• Lyrical Chemical by Metabolics (1998)
• Bigger & Blacker by Chris Rock (1999)
• It's Very Stimulating by MC Paul Barman (2000)
• Both Sides of the Brain by Del tha Funkee Homosapien (2000)
• Dawn of the Dead by Mr. Dead (2000)
• Coast II Coast by Various Artists (2001)
• Against All Odds by Tragedy Khadafi (2001)
• The Best Part by J-Live (2001)
• Paullelujah! by MC Paul Barman (2002)
• Palace of the Pretender by Last Emperor (2003)
• Mm..LeftOvers by MF Doom (2004)
• Montezuma's Revenge by Souls of Mischief (2009)
• Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud by MC Paul Barman (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Prince Paul RBMA video lecture session

Prince Paul
Prince Regent of Yugoslavia
Regency	9 October 1934 – 27 March 1941
Spouse	Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Issue
Prince Alexander Prince Nicholas Princess Elizabeth
House	House of Karađorđević
Father	Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia
Mother	Aurora Pavlovna Demidova
Born	(1893-04-27)27 April 1893 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	14 September 1976(1976-09-14) (aged 83) Paris, France
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Styles of Prince Paul
Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Pavle Karađorđević, Serbian Cyrillic alphabet: Павле Карађорђевић, Slovene: Pavel Karadjordjević, English transliteration: Paul Karageorgevich; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was Regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Peter was the eldest son of his first cousin Alexander I. His title in Yugoslavia was Knez (Knez Pavle Karađorđević), which translates best as "Prince".

Early life[link]

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was the only son of Prince Arsen (brother of King Peter I) and Princess and Countess Aurora Pavlovna Demidova (a granddaughter of the Finnish philanthropist Aurora Karamzin and her Russian husband Prince and Count Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov, and Russian Prince Peter Troubetskoy and his wife Elisabeth Esperovna, née Princess Belosselsky-Belozersky). He married Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, a sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, in 1923. King George VI, as Duke of York, was best man at his wedding in Belgrade.

Paul was educated at the University of Oxford, where he was a member of the exclusive Bullingdon Club - a dining club notorious for its practice of destroying restaurants' property. His closest friends (including the American-born, naturalized British politician Chips Channon) and outlook on life were said to be British. He was installed as a Knight of the Garter in 1939.

Regent of Yugoslavia[link]

On 9 October 1934, Prince Paul took the Regency after his cousin King Alexander was assassinated in Marseille, France. In his will, Alexander named Paul, as the first of three regents to govern until September 1941, when Alexander's son Peter would come of age.^[1]

Prince Paul, far more than Alexander, was Yugoslav rather than Serb in outlook. In its broadest outline, his domestic policy was to eliminate the heritage of the Alexandrine dictatorship centralism, censorship, and military control; and to pacify the country by solving the Serb-Croat problem.^[2]

In August 1939, the Cvetkovic-Macek Agreement set up the Banovina of Croatia. The central government retained control of foreign affairs, national defence, foreign trade, commerce, transport, public security, religion, mining, weights and measures, insurance, and education policy. Croatia was to have its own legislature in Zagreb, and a separate budget.^[3]

When World War II broke out, Yugoslavia declared its neutrality.^[4] On March 25, 1941, Yugoslav government signed the Tripartite Pact with significant reservations as it received three notes. The first note obliged the Axis powers to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia. In the second note the Axis promised not to ask Yugoslavia for any military assistance. In the third note they promised not to ask Yugoslavia for permission to move military forces across its territory during the war.^[5]

Two days later, Prince Paul was forcibly removed from power.^[6]

From this distance, the Prince Paul's foreign policy including the signing of the Tripartite Pact seems to have been governed by the desire to give his country as much leeway as possible in thoroughly adverse circumstances. After the fall of France and the defeat of the British, Paul saw no way of saving Yugoslavia except through adopting policies of accommodation to the Axis powers. But even under those circumstances Paul, outwardly neutral, remained determinedly pro-Allied. He aided Greece when Greece was invaded. He fostered military collaboration between the Yugoslav Army and the French. And for almost three years he parried the Axis thrust toward Yugoslavia.^[7]

Exile[link]

For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul was kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in Kenya.

Princess Elizabeth, his only daughter, obtained and published information from the Special Operations Executive files in the Foreign Office in London and published them in Belgrade, in the 1990 edition of the Serbian-language biography of her father. The original book Paul of Yugoslavia was written by Neil Balfour, the first was published by Eaglet Publishing in London in 1980.

The post-war communist authorities had Prince Paul proclaimed an enemy of the state; he was disallowed from returning to Yugoslavia and all his property was confiscated. He died in Paris on 14 September 1976, aged 83^[8] and was buried in Switzerland. He was rehabilitated by Serbian courts in 2011, and is planned to be reburied at the family crypt in Oplenac, Serbia.

Prince Paul was father of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia the Elder and Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, and a grandfather of American actress Catherine Oxenberg.

Art collections[link]

Prince Paul collected, donated and dedicated a large number of art works to Serbia and the Serbian people, including foreign masterpieces. There are especially significant Italian, French and Dutch/Flemish pieces. Most of the works are in the National Museum of Serbia, including work by artists such as Rubens, Renoir, Monet, Titian , van Gogh , Paul Gauguin etc.

See also[link]

• List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter

References[link]

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Biz Markie
Background information
Birth name	Marcel Theo Hall
Also known as	The Diabolical Biz Markie, The Markie Kidd
Born	(1964-04-08) April 8, 1964 (age 48) Harlem, New York
Origin	Long Island, New York
Genres	Hip hop, comedy music
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actor, producer
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros., Tommy Boy Entertainment
Associated acts	Juice Crew, Beastie Boys, Digital Underground
Website	www.bizmarkie.com

Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8, 1964,^[1] Harlem, New York) better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989. In 2008, "Just a Friend" made #100 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time.

Markie has been called "the Clown Prince of Hip Hop."^[2][3]

Life and career[link]

Biz Markie's career began on Long Island, New York ^[4] in the early 1980s, where he established his reputation for beat-boxing and rapping. MC Shan and Roxanne Shante were part of Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' Records, and Biz beatboxed on Shante's underground hit "Def Fresh Crew" (1986). This lent credibility to his recording career and put Cold Chillin' on the map. In the same year, Biz Markie's debut single, "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz", was released on Prism Records. He released his debut album, Goin' Off, which attracted a fair amount of attention, largely due to the lead single, "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz". The album also featured the underground hit singles "Nobody Beats The Biz", "The Vapors" and "Pickin' Boogers".^[5]

I Need a Haircut sales were already low when Markie was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan, who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit "Alone Again (Naturally)". O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a landmark ruling, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc.,^[6] that altered the landscape of hip-hop, finding that all samples must be cleared with the original artist before being used. In accordance with the ruling, Warner Bros., the parent company of Cold Chillin', had to pull I Need a Haircut from circulation, and all companies had to clear samples with the samples' creators before releasing the records. This development reflected the increasing popularity of hip-hop and the financial stakes over which releases were set. Biz responded in 1993 with the mischievously titled All Samples Cleared!, but his career had been hurt by the publicity emanating from the lawsuit, and the record suffered accordingly. For the remainder of the decade, he occasionally made television appearances, including guest appearances on In Living Color (including as contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin in the recurring game show sketch "The Dirty Dozens" and as Marlon Cain in "Ed Bacon: Guidance Counselor") and in a 1996 freestyle rap commercial on MTV2. He also made numerous guest appearances with the Beastie Boys, "Check Your Head" (1992), "Ill Communication" (1994), "Hello Nasty" (1998), and their anthology The Sounds of Science (1999). He also rapped on the song "Schizo Jam", on Don Byron's 1998 release, "Nu Blaxploitation" (Blue Note/Capitol) and worked with Canibus on the first track on the Office Space soundtrack (1999). He also rapped on the track "So Fresh" alongside Slick Rick on Will Smith's 1999 album "Willennium".

In 1996, he appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source magazine.

In 1997 he appeared on the Rolling Stones' song Anybody Seen My Baby? on their album Bridges to Babylon. His part was shortened on some radio versions.

In 1999 he appeared on Len's song Beautiful Day on their album You Can't Stop the Bum Rush.

In 2002, he appeared as an alien in Men in Black II with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, essentially playing an alien parody of himself, whose native language sounded exactly like beatboxing. Between 2002 and 2003 he appeared in episode 5 of the TV series Fastlane playing himself as a nightclub DJ. In 2003 he appeared in the international television series titled Kung Faux performing a series of voice over characters featured in a variety of episodes. In 2004, his song The Vapors appeared on the soundtrack of Rockstar's popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas which featured an old school hip hop radio station, Playback FM. In 2005, Biz detoured from his recording duties to appear on the first season of the television show Celebrity Fit Club which challenged celebrities to lose weight by a combination of diet and exercise. Biz Markie lost more weight than anybody else in the competition. That year, he was also in an episode of The Andy Milonakis Show.

Biz Markie was a cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out, seasons 1 and 3. Biz also does the beatboxing segment, Biz's Beat of the Day on the Nick Jr. show Yo Gabba Gabba!.

Biz Markie began 2008 opening for Chris Rock's "No Apologies" tour. Biz Markie's act includes spinning records ranging from old school hip hop to Lynyrd Skynyrd and then performing "Just a Friend".^[7] Biz Markie's playlist includes the following: "Children's Story" by Slick Rick, "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Holiday" by Madonna, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!, "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow and "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.

In December 2009, Biz Markie appeared in a RadioShack commercial, repeating the line: "Oh Snap! Guess what I saw!" from his song "Just A Friend".^[8] That same year saw his debut with Andy Milonakis in television commercials for the commercial Internet service, Tune Up.^[9]

In 2010, Biz Markie appeared on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, providing commentary throughout the series. Biz Markie himself was not included on the list. On November 9, 2010, Biz appeared on The Aquabats! new EP, Radio Down! in the title track. On November 11, 2010, Biz sat in with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed "Just a Friend" with actor Jeff Goldblum.^[10]

Biz Markie also appeared in the Adventure Time season two episode Slow Love,^[11] which aired on November 15, 2010.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1988: Goin' Off
• 1989: The Biz Never Sleeps
• 1991: I Need a Haircut
• 1993: All Samples Cleared!
• 2003: Weekend Warrior

Compilations[link]

• 1994: Biz's Baddest Beats
• 1996: Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
• 1998: On the Turntable
• 2000: On the Turntable 2
• 2002: Greatest Hits
• 2006: Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz
• 2009: Ultimate Diabolical^[12]
• 2009: "Yo Gabba Gabba Music is Awesome!"
• 2010: The Aquabats Radio Down!

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Biz Markie

• Biz Markie Official Website
• In-depth Biz Markie Interview
• VH-1 Biography
• Biz Markie at the Internet Movie Database

Chubb Rock (born Richard Simpson on May 28, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a New York-based rapper who released several commercially successful hip hop albums in the early 1990s. A former National Merit Scholar, Chubb Rock was a pre-med student who dropped out of Brown University to pursue his musical career.^[1]

1990s and earlier[link]

Discovered and produced by his first cousin DJ / Producer Howie Tee, Chubb Rock first appeared on the national scene with his 1988 self-titled debut "Chubb Rock" and 1989's "And the winner is..." The latter produced the minor hit "Ya Bad Chubbs" which garnered air play on Yo! MTV Raps during that time.

His 1991 release entitled The One, reached #13 on Billboard's "Top Hip-Hop/R&B" chart for that year. Three singles from that release, "Treat'em Right", "Just The Two Of Us" and "The Chubbster", made it to #1 on Billboard's "Top Rap Single" chart list for the same year.

The following year saw the release of I Gotta Get Mine Yo, a release which features guest performances from Grand Puba Maxwell and Poke. This release also helped fledgling music producers Trackmasters, on their rise to prominence, as they handled production duties on the recording. Chubb Rock also makes an appearance on MC Serch's 1992 song, "Back to The Grill."

Chubb Rock was a member of the 1995 incarnation of the Crooklyn Dodgers, a rap act that also featured O.C. and Jeru The Damaja. His backup dancers started their own group, A.T.E.E.M, and released their debut A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich in 1992 on Select Records.

In 1996, he appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The album, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African-American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source magazine.

2000s and on[link]

Chubb Rock's work in the 2000s has been limited to only a few songs. He appears on a song for Raptivism Records' "No More Prisons" project with Lil' Dap of Group Home and Ed O.G., and also worked with Mr. Len on the song "Dummy Smacks", where he says, "Some people thought I was gone... never that!" He made an appearance alongside Vast Aire on the 2007 Zimbabwe Legit album House of Stone with the song "Wake Up".

In 2008, his single "Treat em right" was ranked number 82 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Chubb Rock also released Obama We Believe in support of President Barack Obama. His most recent appearance was on the K'naan single "ABC's". He also collaborated with Polish rapper eMCeeM on a track for his album To dopiero poczatek.

February 2009 Chubb Rock can be heard on his new single "Back In" featuring Wordsmith and Kimia Collins.

His latest album "Bridging The Gap", a collaboration with Wordsmith, was released on July 14, 2009.

Chubb Rock is featured in the new single "Summertime Anthem" by Eric Roberson in which they filmed the video on the streets of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York where he credited his wife and manager, KeKe Simpson, for putting the duo together.

Chubb Rock also released a new EP in September 2011.

In 2011 Chubb Rock appeared with his wife and childhood sweetheart of 24 years, KeKe "Diamond" Simpson on the NBC game show The Marriage Ref.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chubb Rock at Allmusic
• Discogs: Chubb Rock

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Mihail Mihailov born on December 27, 1972, better known as Big Sha or by his previous name Misho Shamara is a Bulgarian rapper from Varna, Bulgaria.

Music career[link]

The Hammer after MC Hammer he had a group called Hamburger 1 with which he caught some attention. But his success came with Gumeni Glavi (Rubber Heads) when their debut album sold over 120 000 copies in 1994 which is equal to a four times platinum certification from BAMP (Bulgarian Association of Music Producers). Their second album Second-Hand Tires didn't sell as well. After these two albums in 1997 Dj Dido D was introduced to the group and the albums that followed were instant classics in Bulgarian Hip Hop. The albums were called For More Money and For More Money Pt. Two. After their success, Gumeni Glavi performed over 200 concerts in Bulgaria but after disputes within the band they split up and Sha began his solo career.

Solo career[link]

He reached solo success with the smash hit single, Fenki, which became infamous for its lyrics. The following album, Moi (Mine) sold 90 000 and showed that Misho Shamara was still on top of the rap game in Bulgaria. After this success in 2002 Shamara and Vanko 1 started his own record label R&B Records, through which they released Goliamata Kombina (The Big Duo) which sold over 200 000 copies. His proteges Konsa, 100 Kila, Benjamini and Loshite made numerous hits and Sha didn't stay behind. In 2003 he released Trudno Se Sbydva Vsqka Mechta (It's Hard For Every Dream To Come True) which was again on top of the Bulgarian Album Charts. In 2006 he released Obichai Blijnia, Bliji Obichania (Love Those Close, And Lick Those Loved), the album contained the hit tracks Gnusnia Bradan (a diss track against sniper records), Edin den Se Napih (One Day I Got Drunk) featuring Konsa and OGI Dog and Boom Boom featuring Mc Michael.

In 2007, Misho Shamara (literally 'Misho the Slap') changed his stage name to Big Sha, and founded a new label, Frontline Hustle, in association with Universal Music Bulgaria and Virginia Records.

In 2008 he released Hliab i Amfeti (Bread and Amphetamines) which featured collaborations with U.S. rap stars such as Crucial Conflict and Drag-On. The album reached number one on the charts. As of September 2008, Big Sha is working in New York on his new album that is going to include guests such as Twista, Konsa, Vanko 1 & G.G.P.

In 2009, he was featured on LiLana's song "Dime Piece" together with Snoop Dogg.

Beefs[link]

Just like the east coast vs. west coast feud in America, there was a similar situation in Bulgaria. Shamara and his label, R&B Records representing the east and Sniper Records, representing the west. Numerous diss tracks where shot back and forward but the beef was never settled.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• 2002: Мой (Mine)
• 2003: Азбуката на живота (The Life Alphabet)
• 2006: Обичай ближния и ближи обичания (Love Close Ones And Lick Loved Ones)
• 2008: Bread and Amphetamines
• 2010: TBA

With Vanko 1[link]

• 2002: Голямата комбина (The Big Duo) with Vanko 1

Gumeni Glavi[link]

• 1994: Квартал №41 (Neighborhood #41)
• 1995: Гуми втора употреба (Second-Hand Tires)
• 1996: Ремиксове '96 (Remixes '96)
• 1997: За повече пари (For More Money)
• 1998: За още повече пари (For Much More Money)
• 1998: Банда "Гумени Глави" (Rubber Heads Band)
• 1999: 2999
• 2001: The Best
• 2004: 10 години (10 Years)