Hip-Hop is always revolved around many elements of life with poverty being a strong, spoken theme in hip-hop. Considering the circumstances and history of ﾓBohemian Rhapsodyﾔ by Queen, highly regarded as one of the greatest written songs of all time, itﾒs quite shocking that no hip-hop artist has incorporated the ﾓIﾒm just a poor boy, nobody loves me, heﾒs just a poor boy from a poor familyﾔ world renowned line into a hit single ﾖ until now.
Toronto, Canada buzzing artist Shaun Boothe is the perfect fit for such a themed single and proves so in this Dubcnn exclusive interview, explaining to us why heﾒs the underdog on his latest single, ﾓPoor Boyﾔ which is in regular rotation on both MTV and mainstream Canadian radio. With all the odds stacked against him, whether he is fighting on the undercard or in the main event, Shaun Boothe is coming out swinging ﾖ and he is betting the house on himself.
Canadian hip-hop veteran and successful recording artist Kardinal Offishall jumped on the remix and gave the song the final and official stamp as a hit record. There is a lot more to Shaun than just the underdog feeling ﾖ he is a conceptual, deep and intellectual artist ﾖ and such qualities shine through on his collaboration with New York MC Talib Kweli, ﾓConceptsﾔ which we discuss below.
You canﾒt talk Toronto without speaking Drake, so Dubcnn gets Shaun Boothe to discuss Drake and his career, and whether or not Shaun has had the opportunity to meet Drake and if so, what that experience was like.
After some controversy surrounded Shaun a few years ago and his ﾓReporterﾔ song and music video allegedly having the general idea stolen by multi-platinum artist Chamillionaire, Shaun decided to forego the popular ﾓbeefﾔ road often taken in hip-hop in order to gain notoriety. No, Shaun wanted to get his name and music out ﾓthe right wayﾔ ﾖ with good music.
Moreover, granted, Shaun has succeeded, especially with his ﾓUnauthorized Biography Seriesﾔ which sees Shaun rap the biographies of major figures in history. This has gone beyond your normal series or notoriety gained as the series has even reached and impressed Diddy, Swizz Beats and the families of Muhammad Ali & James Brown ﾖ more on that below.
Exclusive Shaun Boothe Interview
