Shane

Shane is currently gearing up for his first major musical push stateside; however, he is no novice when it comes to reaching American youth. Shane began his public career eight years ago, at the age of 16, with the publishing of his first novel, “Baseball’s Big Starr.” Shane later adapted the novel to produce his first television pilot, “Central High,” which gained national attention as a 10-minute short, featuring Ashanti, on HBO Family. Shane gained notoriety from “Central High” that earned him a place among HBO’s “10-up Group,” featuring 10 of the most promising filmmakers in the country. That status helped him land an HBO-commissioned project for a documentary about baseball called, “The Greatness of the Game.” The film gained national attention from media outlets such as the Today Show, Good Day New York and Seventeen Magazine. Since then, Shane has expanded his filmmaking career to include a mental health PSA featuring Martin Sheen, a music video entitled “It’s Just the Way That It Is,” and a film called “Memories Of You (All The Loss) which was produced with assistance from PDI/Dreamworks, appeared in six film festivals, and won the Artistic Excellence Award at the Atlantic City Film Festival in 2002. When Shane is not adding to his notoriety as rapper, writer and director, he is in the process of chartering two new foundations, KADAS (Kids Against Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking) and the Pen & Pad Foundation, an organization helping kids take an interest in creative writing at a young age.