SHI 360
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Background information | ||
Birth name | Shai Haddad | |
Born | July 19, 1976 | |
Origin | Haifa, Israel | |
Genre(s) | Rap | |
Years active | 1999-present | |
Label(s) | TACT Records/Helicon | |
Website | TACT-Records.com |
Shai Haddad (Hebrew: שי חדד) (born July 19, 1976), commonly known by his rap name SHI 360 (Hebrew: שי 360), is an Israeli rap artist and DJ. He is part of the stable of artists on the label, TACT Records.
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[edit] Background
His childhood was spent in Haifa, Israel until his family moved to Montreal, Canada when he was eleven years old. The move was difficult for Shai as he faced a new language and some anti semitism which he describes in his solo album. During a 1997 visit to Israel, Shai met Kobi Shimoni another young adult interested in rap music. The two struck up a friendship and Shai began to DJ as Subliminal's club when he would come to Israel. He also gave Shimoni a new stage name, Subliminal.
After finishing his undergraduate degree at Concordia University in Canada, Shai released his first underground single called "Linguistiks". Soon after he released a full album in English called "Chapters". Finally he decided to make aliyah back to Israel. Thus his name SHI 360 became a reality. SHI is an acronym for Supreme Hebrew Intellect. 360 represents the turn around he made to make it back to Israel.
His connection with Subliminal paid off and Shai 360 released his first Hebrew language album under the TACT Records label. He continues to work under the TACT label and has been quite successful but always makes reference to the strife of others in his music.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
[edit] Solo
- Chapters
- Hai (Hebrew: חי, "Life") (2005)
[edit] With TACT (Tel-Aviv City Team)
- TACT All-Stars (Hebrew: תאקט אול סטארז, "TACT All-Stars") (2004)
[edit] Singles
[edit] With TACT
[edit] Non-album singles
- Shir Shel Rega Ehad (Hebrew: שיר של רגע אחד, "Song of One Moment") (2005)
[edit] From TACT All-Stars
- Prahim ba'Kaneh (Hebrew: פרחים בקנה, "Flowers in the Gun Barrel") (2004)
- Peace in the Middle East (Hebrew: שלום במזרח התיכון, "Peace in the Middle East") (2004)
- Tinainai (Hebrew: טינאינאי, "Tinainai") (2004)
[edit] Solo
[edit] Non-album singles
- Linguistiks
[edit] Hai
- Yasso (Hebrew: יאסו, "Yasso") (2005)
- Kabel (Hebrew: קבל, "Take it") (2005)
- 360 (Hebrew: 360, "360") (2005)
- Shvor et haDmama (Hebrew: שבור את הדממה, "Break the Silence") (2005)
[edit] Related links
- TACT Records site
- TACT Records MySpace page
- "Israeli rappers prove hip-hop will translate to any language", by Loolwa Khazzoom, Boston Globe, 1/4/2004
- "Ex-Montrealer is Israel's newest homeboy", by Jenny Hazan, Canadian Jewish News - article about SHI 360