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Southern producer and rapper Kia Shine, aka Kinfolk Kia Shine, relied on his passion and knack for making catchy beats and hooks to pull himself out of dire situations. Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Shine left the turbulent Frazer section of Memphis for greener pastures, working in the corporate offices of a major casino conglomerate. When he was presented with the opportunity to take a promotion and an $80,000 salary at the company's Las Vegas headquarters, he turned it down to pursue music. With his knowledgeable business expertise, he decided to fund and produce his little brother's rap group, L.I., around 1998. Going by Nakia Shine at the time, he also tried to shop L.I.'s material around to different labels in New York, but instead wound up selling the beats. After getting a production deal with Ruff Ryders and a publishing contract with Universal, he returned to Memphis, gathered up all the producers he could find, and founded Rap Hustlaz, a production team and record label co-owned with partner Jack Frost. He then acquired distribution through TVT in the early 2000s and signed many of Memphis' local heavy-hitters, like Yo Gotti and Gangsta Blac. Things were on the up and up for Shine. His label sold hundreds of thousands of units, plus he was landing beats for major Southern rappers, including Juvenile, 8Ball, and Ludacris. Nevertheless, his dealings with TVT had gone awry, which caused his artists to defect from the Rap Hustlaz label, leaving Shine homeless and living out of his car. He then decided that he would have to step into the mic booth and make solo material in order to rebound. His first single, "Respect My Fresh," was a local smash hit in Memphis in 2006, earning him another deal with Universal Motown. A few more infectious club hits, namely "Stunt Glasses at Night" and "Krispy," followed and made their way onto national airwaves. Shine's debut album, Due Season, arrived in summer 2007.
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Nakia Shine Coleman (born October 17, 1980), better known by his stage name Kia Shine, is an American rapper and record producer. His most successful single, "Krispy", peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 24 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. He has worked with artists like B-Hoody, La Chat, Mike Jones, Yo Gotti, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Nelly, Jim Jones, Blak Jak, Wifey, and more. His aliases are Nakia Shine, Kinfolk, Kia Shine, and Kinfolk Jones. In August 2006, he hosted an episode of BET's Rap City. He signed a deal with Universal Records. Kinfolk Kia Shine is a co-CEO with rapper/CEO Jack Frost of Rap Hustlaz. Kia Shine won the Southern Entertainment Award (S.E.A.) this year for best underground artist having sold over 200,000 albums with his independent label, Rap Hustlaz. He is often associated with Yo Gotti and Kingpin Skinny Pimp.
Music career
Due Season (2007)
Shine's major label debut, Due Season, was released on Universal Records on July 31, 2007. The first single is "Krispy". A remix was released in late July 2007 featuring E-40, Jim Jones, Swizz Beatz, LL Cool J, Remy Ma, Young Buck, Fabolous and Slim Thug.
TBA (2009-present)
On March 3 Kia Shine released "Checkin' My Fresh", the lead single off his upcoming Mixtape 2000 Shine via DatPiff. The single features Maino & Young Dro and samples part of Jay-Z's verse from "Swagga Like Us". The music video was directed by Kurt Williams and was the New Joint of the Day on 106 & Park July 3.
2010–present) Kia Shine released launch the first of his ALARM CLOCK THEORY mixtape series where he coined the very popular phrase "Everybody Sleeping on me will wake up working for me" the origan project was very well received and received over 100,000 downloads. In Sept 2010 Kia Shine Coleman was the winner of yet another BMI award for his creative on the DRAKE "Best I ever Had" single. In OCT Kia Shine released via iTunes "CLub Walmart" which features Yung JOC
2011- to present. KIa Shine released "NEWMONIA" via iTunes The single features ATLANTA rapper YUNG SEAN. The single was also written and produced by Kia Shine & Yung Sean. The video was directed Dre Cannonz, A find of Kia shine, NEWMONIA was featured on 106 and Park 7/8/11
Controversy
Drake
Kia Shine stated that he owned 25% of Drake's "Best I Ever Had", which Drake later denied. Kia Shine later received 4 BMI awards and a Grammy nomination for his credit on "Best I Ever Had". After they exchanged words, Drake stated that Kia Shine was one of the worst rappers around.
