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Kia Shine
Person · male · United States · born 1980
American rapper
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography177 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366448997
Biography
Kia Shine is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is known for his debut single "Krispy", which is also the lead single from his 2007 debut album Due Season.
2006–2007: Due Season
In August 2006, he hosted an episode of BET's Rap City. Shine's debut single is "Krispy". The song peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 24 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Shine's major label debut, Due Season, was released on Universal Records on July 31, 2007.
In September 2010 Kia Shine won another BMI award for his contribution to the lyrics of Drake "Best I Ever Had".
Drake
Kia Shine stated that he owned 25% of Drake's "Best I Ever Had", which Drake later denied. Kia Shine later received 4 BMI awards and a Grammy nomination for his credit on "Best I Ever Had".
EPs
2008: The Kush - EP
2009: Checkin' My Fresh - EP
2010: Club Walmart (Single)
2010: Dreads - EP
2011: Newmonia (Single)
Mixtapes
2009: 2000Shine
2010: The Alarm Clock Theory
2011: Memphis Beat
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Kia Shine head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kia_Shine_2023.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6403660genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6403660seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Shinebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Shine
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: PowerMove Makers · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6403660 · MusicBrainz: d63d1b70-6f30-4f52-aca9-8eeeff9e75f2
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