Shade Sheist

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Shade Sheist
Background information
Also known as	Shady Sheist, Shady Montage
Origin	Inglewood, California,
Genre(s)	G-Funk Gangsta Rap Urban
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter President Record executive Music Director
Years active	1993 - present
Label(s)	Universal Music Group Warner Music Group
Associated acts	Dr.Dre, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Teddy Riley, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Fabolous, Ja Rule, Bone Thugs n Harmony, DeLon
Website	http://www.shadesheist.com

Shade Sheist (born Tramayne Thompson) is a hip hop recording artist from Inglewood, California. His first commercially released single "Where I Wanna Be" (on London Records) peaked at #60 on the Billobard Hot Hip-Hop/R&B Singles and Tracks and #37 on their Rhythmic Top 40, both in 2000^[1]. In 2003 his single Wake Up hit #36 on the Rhythmic Top 40. His album Informal Introduction reached Billboard's #20 spot in its Heatseekers category and #69 in the top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[2].

Shade Sheist has recorded with a number of relevant artists and producers including: Dr. Dre, Timbaland, DJ Quik, Teddy Riley, Mariah Carey, Bone Thugs n Harmony and many more^{[citation needed]}. Some of Shade's notable musical achievements include songs on The Fast and The Furious and The Wash movie soundtracks, the Dark Angel television series soundtrack, and the True Crime: Streets of L.A. and 25 to Life videogame soundtracks.

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