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We Are > Spotlights > Sham Kidd  Sham Kidd
Gloucester MA native Jake Wood is best known for his record breaking Greasy Pole wins, sicilian Gloucester summer-starting tradition. Jake is the only pole walker ever to win all 3 poles in one summer. But he has another claim to fame.... Jake, aka Sham, is one of TRP/NME's founding fathers. Sham was introduced to Mr Dilligence by NE Dubz, and did a demo tape called "Sham One VS. True Persuasion" and then a 120 minute double demo tape titled "the Explicit Visit" in 1997.
He then made his CD debut with "Sham is tha Serkumfrinz - Let Me Tell Ya" in 1999, and immediately followed up with a project he recorded with 5P's Jado called "Dubl Dragunz - Entah da Dragunz"... he then started and later scrapped a project called "Jake and the Fat Kid" which was supposed to be a collab with NE Dubz, which ay still be worked on at a later date....
His biggest release was "Low Down Dirty - Sham" which sold almost 2,000 copies after its underground release and was reviewed across thje country on underground zines, websites and radio stations, as well as being chosen for D.U.G.O.U.T ent's release Coast II Coast, and having his track being used in the underground hit movie Kingston High, which is in rotation on Black Starz movie network and on sale at Best Buy and Blockbuster. His new CD tentatively called "Jake the Ripper" is in the final stages of post production and is slated for a late summer/early fall release 2005. |
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