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Artist
Shystie
12+ albums
GrimeHip-Hoprapfemale vocalistsUK hip-hop
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Shystie, pronounced ~ [§hy-§téé] is a UK female Musician/Actress, birth name Chanelle Calica who was born and raised in London. Shystie started gaining fame with her white label response to Dizzee Rascal's "I Luv U" and was also the supporting act whilst touring with 50 Cent and G-Unit, Basement Jaxx and The Streets. In 2004 to 2005 Shystie spent a lot of her time performing in and out of the country, touring across America, Germany, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, promoting her first album 'Diamond in the dirt' and showcasing her home town, London talents all over appearing on 8 front covers of newspapers/magazines. During 2005 Chanelle was the first artist in the UK to have her own character named 'Shystie' to be featured in a computer game called 'JUICED' put out by a universal company named 'Acclaim Games' which was released across the world on the playstation 2 and xbox platforms. She also did a track entitled 'Juiced' which was featured on the games soundtrack and her album, which she also shot a video for. At the end of the year Justin Stennett (Manager) and Shystie came up with an idea for her to front her own Interactive TV Series called 'Dubplate Drama', where She played the leading role of 'Dionne', an aspiring female emcee trying to make it in the music world but often faces a lot of trials and tribulations. And its up to the viewers to put themself in her shoes and decide her fate by texting and choosing either A or B and the option with the most votes gets shown
