On this date in 2000, Unhealthy Boy Information premiere artist Jamal “Shyne” Barrow launched his self-titled debut album on the ever-popular Unhealthy Boy imprint underneath the management of BB honcho, then generally known as “P. Diddy.”

Shyne’s debut album launch was a bittersweet one, together with his LP being dropped whereas the Belize-born rapper was serving 8-10 years in an upstate jail for a taking pictures in Membership New York in Manhattan only a yr prior involving his boss and then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. Regardless of Barrow having to do time behind bars, his album was an undisputed success, promoting over 1,000,000 copies in lower than a yr. It additionally was an amazing assist that Shyne’s voice was eerily an identical to slain Unhealthy Boy artist Infamous B.I.G.

With the album content material surrounding Shyne’s real-life gangster picture, the venture’s main singles, “Unhealthy Boyz”, which options reggae legend Barrington Levy and the thug love story “Bonnie And Shyne”, weren’t solely common within the streets, but in addition did their numbers on-air, with the singles in fixed rotation on the radio across the nation.

Salute to Diddy, Shyne and the remainder of the Unhealthy Boy employees for bringing the individuals such a timeless Hip Hop basic!