SHAWTY LO BIO

When Shawty Lo’s solo song “I’m Da Man” became a club hit in 2006,
he capitalized on the d-boy anthem by hooking up with underground trendsetter DJ Scream to release his
I’m Da Man mixtape. Lo and Scream dropped a Part Two this past summer and claim to have sold 60,000 copies
between both installments. “It’s hard to believe, because I never thought I’d be in these shoes,”
says the 27-year-old rapper, who entered the game as a studio owner and producer.
“People come up telling me I’m one of the top three rappers in Atlanta. N****s downtown telling me that I saved Atlanta.”
Born Carlos Walker and raised in Bankhead’s crime-ridden Bowen Homes housing community, Lo’s whispery “slow flow”
is a sharp contrast to the Bankhead Bounce, snap music and “rock star” fads that have brought notoriety to his
impoverished neighborhood. This is evident on his street-skewered Asylum release, Units in the City.

Powered by the horn-sputtering single “Dey Know,” the album is a far cry from ringtone rap. It’s laced by
in-house producers Born Immaculate and Balis and DJ Montay and has features from Gucci Mane and D4L.
“Snap music was hot,” says Lo. “You gotta get money, so we got money. But everybody knows Shawty Lo is the man
in Bankhead. I be here every day.”