The Life Files TV recently caught up with rapper Shyne as the 34-year-old, Belize-born artist toured the holy land of Jerusalem. In his interview Shyne spoke on his time spent in prison and how it doesn’t compare to the struggles facing the people of Jerusalem.
“A lot of times people ask me ‘Man yo, how you [did] 10 years? How you did it?’ To be here they suffering more than I could ever suffer in the jail,” Shyne explained. “People killing themselves because they hopeless and they got nothing to live for. So things like this. This is it. We here. And I been in some wars in Brooklyn Vietnam, but ain’t nothing like down here. It’s happening. It’s happening wherever you go. That’s one thing human beings all have in common and that’s that thread of pain.”
The Life Files TV traveled with Shyne to various religious locations, joined him as he visited a local club, and even recorded Shyne while he took part in an impromptu performance for a couple of fans while in Jerusalem.
“Music is not a hit record. Music is not something to necessarily bang in the club,” said Shyne. “First and foremost music is that Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Jimmy Hendrix. Just talk about they pain. Singing about they pain. Aretha Franklin singing about poverty. Ray Charles taking church music and turning it into something else. That’s what music was. It was an expression. So when it comes to music for me man it’s a gift that I can get compensated for something that I love so much.”
Aside from music and his time spent in Jerusalem Shyne also spoke on whether or not he would one day return to Brooklyn.
“Absolutely, we gon’ step back [in] that New York asphalt,” said Shyne when asked if he would return to Brooklyn. “Show out the way we know how to. I know that nothing I do is decided by me, everything is divine intervention.”
“Jews!! Jews… jews. jews. jews. *mumble*mumble* jews!!! Jews….”
“Racist!! Racist…racist. racist. racist. *mumble*mumble* racist!!! Racist…”
Shyne hang your mic up you’re fucking WEAK!
To me, Shyne is a dope MC but even more impressive as a human being. He’s too complex for rap fans. He’s gonna end up being an important political figure as he gets older. A revolutionary.
Dude get a life!
Dude get a life
I’m still waitin for this nigga to get back on point with this rap shit and stop ruining that short lived legacey which everybody hoped he would continue.
this rap shit took him to jail (and when i say rap shit i mean the industry in general), and now he got out and try to do somethin different which would lead him to a more quiet life, everybody throw jabs at him
fuck the fans, stop bein selfish and let the man breath
yo, people kill me when they tell me how dope shyne was before he went to jail. are yall listening to the same shit i’m listening to! the nigga was weak as a rapper and if yall can remember, the only reason he was even half way recognized was because muthafuckaz thought he sounded like Biggie. so i hate it when dick ridaz try and re-write history and tell me that this man was a legend in rap. i was there homey, no he wasn’t…..
whos saying he was ever a legendary rapper.he is nice as hell so yeah maybe you are listening to the wrong artist or something
He can never get back those 10 years, so there’s really nothing left to say about Shyne. He had his chance to be famous and he decided to act like a gun totin thug. Diddy ain’t ever lost any sleep over it.
Look man…Shyne’s self titled shit was not bad. A str8 3 or 3.5 rating if u ask me. I loved the nigga and I still love the ‘gangstaness’ in Hip Hop. The way I anticipate Gangsta Gibbs is like the way I felt when this nigga came. If u can spit real raw & uncut street shit and prove beyond doubt that you real then I think personally I give u major chips without analysing yo mic skills cause u addressin’ me on that level, of-course on a nice ass beat mixed with a somewhat tight flow. Godfather Buried Alive sounded like a mixtape done in a week or less. Personally I think Shyne won’t make it far wit’ his new adopted style of rap, judging by those tracks I heard recently. Yeah he should breathe & change whatever that’s up to him but to me it’s either that thug shit or nothin’…feel me!