Shyne
Early life
After graduating high school three years later, part of the time of which he spent attending high school in Belize at Wesley College) in 1993, he enrolled in a New York City College of Technology computer program. He paid for his tuition by working as a bike messenger, buying an 18-speed bicycle and riding it from Brooklyn over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, where he made deliveries around the borough. He left NYC College of Technology to pursue a career in music.
2010–12: Continued music, feuds and indefinite hiatus
!Shyne in 2010
2010–12: Continued music, feuds and indefinite hiatus
After a trip to Jerusalem, later in 2010, where he formally converted to Orthodox Judaism and underwent a symbolic circumcision, Shyne collaborated with Jewish-American reggae and rock musician Matisyahu on his single, "Messiah", released in April. He also released "Roller Song" that same year. He later announced that he was recording two albums that were planned for release throughout 2010, after Def Jam approached him to sign a distribution agreement. Messiah was set to be the first of his 2010 release schedule, while Gangland, was set to be his second. In October 2010, Shyne criticized Def Jam and announced hopes of signing to Cash Money Records: "I'm definitely trying to get with Cash Money… I'm not signed to Def Jam anyway, I just need to find another distributor. I might just have Cash Money do everything. Who knows? That's the beauty about being in the business for yourself. You can decide where you want to go and what you want to do." Though he blamed former Def Jam CEO L.A. Reid for his frustration, he later issued an apology. In November 2010, Cash Money co-founder Bryan "Birdman)" Williams said that Shyne's deportation had stalled his planned Cash Money deal, as it prevented him from appearing in the United States.
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