Tyrone Shawn Wilkins, (born December 21, 1969) better known as Little Shawn and Shawn Pen, is an American hip hop artist, rapper, songwriter and producer from

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. He released a single in 1986 My girl Mother (

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) and an album called ''The Voice in the Mirror'' (

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) in 1992.

Career

Little Shawn released the single "Dom Perignon" (

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) featuring fellow Brooklyn rapper

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on 20 July 1995. The music video also featured

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, another rapper from Brooklyn. It peaked at #5 on the

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as well as #87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and #23 on the

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charts. The song was featured on the

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to the Fox TV crime drama ''

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''.

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was on his way to record a verse for Little Shawn when he was robbed and shot 5 times in 1994.

Legal issues

From 1998 to 2003, Wilkins served time in federal prison for drug trafficking. Wilkins changed his stage name to Shawn Pen after leaving prison.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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chart. *B. Charted only on the

chart.

References

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