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Carlos Walker, better known by his stage name Shawty Lo, is an American rapper, founder of D4L Records, and member of hip hop group D4L. His debut album, Units in the City, was released on February 26, 2008.
[edit] Early lifeWalker was raised in the Bowen Homes housing project, located in Bankhead, Atlanta.[1][2] When he was a teenager, he sold drugs and mugged people. By the age of 17, Carlos had fathered his first child, and his grandmother died.[1][2] He now has a total of nine children: seven daughters and two sons.[2] [edit] D4LMain article: D4L After over a decade of hustling and drug dealing, Walker decided to turn his attention to music and began performing as Shawty Lo. In 2003, Shawty Lo founded D4L Records, with other rappers Fabo, Stuntman and Mook B. His associates are each from different Bankhead housing projects; Bankhead Courts, Hollywood Courts and Perry Homes respectively. The group's debut single "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me" became a local hit in 2004. Lo was convicted of trafficking cocaine and served a year in prison until July 27, 2005.[3] In January 2006, D4L's single "Laffy Taffy" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[4] [edit] Solo career[edit] 2008: Units In The CityOn February 26, 2008, Shawty Lo's debut album Units in the City was released. The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200 and at #2 on the Top Rap Albums chart, selling over 350,000 copies to date. The debut single from the album, Dey Know, charted at #3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The other two single releases from the album were Dunn Dunn and Foolish. The album features famous guest appearances from major label artists. All featured artists, such as Gucci Mane, hail from the Atlanta area. Aside from the album-singles, several other tracks have received heavy underground play, most notably 'Got Em 4 The LO' and 'Lets Get It'. Got Em 4 The Lo, featuring Gucci Mane and Stuntman is the only non-single track to have had a music video made for it.[5] The songs Dey Know and Foolish have both been officially remixed including many famous guest appearances. These include Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Plies, Lil' Wayne, DJ Khaled, Birdman, Rick Ross and Jim Jones. The Foolish video also included cameo appearances from Pitbull, Jadakiss and Ace Hood. Shawty Lo has confirmed that Atlanta GA, which features Gucci Mane, Ludacris and The Dream, will be the first single released from the album. The album is also notable for Roll The Dice, a song which marks the end of the beef between himself and rapper T.I. [edit] Feud with T.I.In 2008, Shawty Lo was involved in a highly publicized feud with another Atlanta rapper, T.I. The feud was characterized by Shawty Lo's track Dunn Dunn, and T.I.'s reply "What Up, What's Haapnin". The song Dunn Dunn appears to question T.I.'s roots in Bankhead. The music video for "What Up, What's Haapnin" was shot in Bowen Homes. In an interview, T.I. insisted that his song No Matter What was only partially aimed at Shawty Lo.[6] The feud reached its climax at the November 2008 Dirty Awards where the entourages of both artists clashed during the ceremony, forcing it to be shut down. Two incidents forced police to use pepper-spray and evacuate the audience.[7] The feud was publicly squashed on March 7, 2009, when Shawty Lo and T.I. appeared on-stage together at Club Crucial in Bankhead, for T.I.'s farewell concert.[8] After this performance, T.I. gave an interview to MTV, in which he stated that the feud with Shawty Lo was exaggerated by the media, and was not a 'beef'.[9] [edit] 2009: I Am CarlosShawty Lo's second solo album, I Am Carlos is due to be released in 2010. Artists to be featured include Rick Ross, T-Pain, Lil Kim, Bun B, Nate Butler, Lyfe Jennings, and Gucci Mane.[10] [edit] DiscographyMain article: Shawty Lo discography
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