Birth name Shawn Moltke Name MC Shan Genres Hip hop, R&B Role Hip-hop artist | Instruments rapping Years active 1985–present Movies Beef, L.A. Story | |
Born September 6, 1965 (age 58) ( 1965-09-06 ) Origin Queensbridge, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation(s) Rapper, singer, songwriter Albums Play It Again - Shan, Born to Be Wild, Battle for Rap Supremacy, Down by Law, Down By The Law (Deluxe) Profiles | ||
Music group Juice Crew (1983 – 1991) | ||
Mc shan the bridge
MC Shan (born Shawn Moltke September 6, 1965) is an American hip hop and R&B recording artist. He is best known for his song "The Bridge" produced by Marley Marl and for collaborating with Snow on "Informer", the international number-one hit single.
Contents
- Mc shan the bridge
- Hip Hop 40 Episode 5 Featuring MC Shan
- Early life and family
- Career
- Albums
- Singles
- References
Hip Hop 40 Episode 5: Featuring M.C. Shan
Early life and family
Born and raised in Queensbridge, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, Shan is a cousin of Marley Marl, and older brother to Princess Ivori.
Career
In 1985, Shan started in MCA Records with his first and only major single "Feed The World". He was also interviewed in the 1986 cult documentary Big Fun In The Big Town. Despite the success, he was dismissed from the record label. Not long after, Shan signed to Cold Chillin' Records due to his relationship with Marl, and joined Marl's Juice Crew All-Stars. After a few singles were released, MC Shan's debut album Down By Law came out in 1987.
He also found himself to be a key player in the noted hip-hop rivalry, known as the Bridge Wars, between the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions. The feud started when Shan and Marl released a song called "The Bridge" as a B-side to "Beat Biter," itself an answer record directed at LL Cool J. KRS-One responded with "South Bronx," and the Juice Crew replied with "Kill That Noise." Slate magazine described the conflict: "In 1986, it was a beef that launched the star of KRS-One." Boogie Down Productions then released "The Bridge is Over," widely celebrated among hip-hop fans as the paramount diss track. Years later, MC Shan remade "The Bridge" into "Da Bridge 2001," and strongly denied the bridge "was over", saying:
The Bridge was never over We left our mark This jam is dedicated to you and your boys I brought my Queensbridge thugs to kill that noiseShan's second album, Born To Be Wild, followed in 1988 and revealed Shan's b-boy persona, with production once again by Marley Marl. 1990's Play it Again, Shan displayed a more mature style but it also proved to be his last album. When Cold Chillin's sub-label Livin' Large was active, Shan was listed as one of its artists but only released two singles ("Hip Hop Roughneck" b/w "Watchin' My Style" and "Pee-Nile Reunion" (prod. Large Professor, feat. Kool G Rap, Neek The Exotic, Snow, and Diesel) b/w "Don't Call It A Comeback"). Despite the fact that he focused more on his production career (like Snow's 12 Inches of Snow, which featured "Informer", on which he appeared) he recorded "Da Bridge 2001" for Nas' 2000 compilation called QB's Finest, which also featured Mobb Deep, Cormega, and Nature.
Shan had a brief stint in films, playing a bit role in Steve Martin's L.A. Story as Rappin' Waiter. Shan is credited as the guest rapper on the Sum 41 song "Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're All About" in the album Half Hour Of Power.
In June 2017, MC Shan released his first new studio album in nearly 30 years titled "Bars Over Bullshit", which was released digitally through iTunes and Google Play.