's posthumous Born Again, Mase's Double Up, Puff Daddy's Forever, Usher's Confessions, and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV, among other albums.

[16][17][18] Shyne's mother is the sister of Michael Myvett, now going by the surname Finnegan, one of Dean Barrow's long-time political colleagues in Belize.

[21] As a child, Barrow's time was divided between his mother in Brooklyn, New York City, and his lawyer/politician father, who initially failed to acknowledge his son, and was (years later) elected in 2008 as the first black Prime Minister of Belize.

[21][22][23][24][25] Barrow's mother moved to the United States when he was three years old, leaving her son between the care of her brother, Michael, and his father's sister, Denise, in Belize City.

"[26] When he was seven years old, Barrow moved to Brooklyn to live with his mother in Crown Heights and then East Flatbush, in near poverty, while spending summers in Belize with his father.

[21][26][27] His mother supported them by cleaning homes and taking care of children, and he slept on the sofa in their small apartment on Church Avenue and East 18th Street.

In 1998, while Barrow was freestyling in a barbershop on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, he was discovered by hip hop producer DJ Clark Kent, who was working on the Notorious B.I.G.

[37][21] The album received mixed reviews from critics, due to comparisons between Shyne and the deceased Notorious B.I.G., which would also start a rift between the former and the latter's affiliate group, Junior M.A.F.I.A.

[46] After a trip to Jerusalem, later in 2010, where he formally converted to Orthodox Judaism and underwent a symbolic circumcision,[47][48] Shyne collaborated with Jewish-American reggae and rock musician Matisyahu on his single, "Messiah", released in April.

[56] Shyne made a surprise guest appearance at a concert, performing with Matisyahu and HaDag Nachash at Jerusalem's Kikar Safra on June 23.

The two were photographed together at Fashion Week in Paris; Diddy tweeted, "Me and Shyne Po front row at Kenzo #ParisIsBurning RT to da world!!!!

[64] Shyne called out Rick Ross, due to his blasphemous Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape, as well as Jewish-Canadian rapper Drake.

[64][65][66][67][68][69] Shyne and 50 had previously traded insults toward each other prior to this, including the latter calling him a "punk," while making light of his incarceration for his part in the "night club incident."

[70][71] 50 Cent later responded with "Piggy Bank" (2005), which he disses Shyne, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Nas, among others.

[citation needed] In November 2012, Shyne described the production of West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar's sophomore studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, on social media as "trash".

[82][83][84] In December 2012, Complex noted Shyne on its list of rappers who had suffered the "30 Worst Fall-Off in Rap History", ranking him as number twenty-three.

[22] The Atlanta City Council dесlаrеd Аuguѕt 20, 2021, Ѕhуnе Ваrrоw Dау "fоr hіѕ dеdісаtіоn, соmmіtmеnt аnd ѕеrvісе tо the grеаt реорlе оf Веlіzе, Сеntrаl Аmеrіса.

[109][110] Shyne began serving his sentence at the maximum security prison Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.

[116][117] Barrow has said that from the age of 13, he began to identify as an Israelite, after learning that his great-grandmother was a descendant of the Beta Israel, ancient Ethiopian Jews.

[43] Also in 2006, Shyne went to court to challenge New York's application of the "Son of Sam" law, which had resulted in his assets being frozen and limited his ability to make record deals and generate income.

[118] He and his lawyers argued that by the court allowing Shyne to make deals with record producers, it would enable him to pay a higher potential settlement to victims of the shooting, who were separately pursuing civil lawsuits against him.

[120] His adherence to the code of silence, which he referred to several times on his eponymous debut album, earned him a hardcore reputation in the prison community and on the streets.

[123]Shyne was transferred to Rikers Island where he was held for a parole hearing, and then to the Woodbourne Correctional Facility, where he spent the last months of his incarceration.

At the request of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, a mandatory probation period of at least two and half years was added to Shyne's sentence.

[134] He revealed that Shyne and his representatives had been expecting to be intercepted by ICE officials upon his release, and had directed members of his legal team to prepare the necessary documents in an effort to address the situation.

[135] Dean Barrow, Belize's Prime Minister and Shyne's father, sent a petition to former New York state governor David Paterson, asking him to pardon his son.

He had begun his journey in Cancun, Mexico, but was deported upon arrival in the UK after immigration officials refused to allow him to enter the country.

"[23] In December 2011, almost 12 years after the initial shooting, back in New York City, Matthew "Scar" Allen was shot and killed outside of Brooklyn's Footprints nightclub.

[22] In March 2022, Shyne received a Doctorate of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Liberia for his life's work "as a Humanitarian, Musician, and Legislator.

[26][152] Since 2023, following allegations of sexual misconduct against former label boss Sean Combs, Shyne has renewed his criticism of him, calling him "a person who has destroyed [his] life".