An MC from the south side of Chicago -- and the daughter of blues guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:2gCsNOpiBaMNh20jQ5prf0">Buddy Guy</a> -- Shawnna (Rashawnna Guy) began writing rhymes while in high school. She caught her first break in 1996, when her duo <a href="spotify:artist:0tIiRDVcRxwpyWrjrODr91">Infamous Syndicate</a> opened for <a href="spotify:artist:3r0OeTcOw37N9juMYyyw39">Junior M.A.F.I.A.</a> in Chicago. <a href="spotify:artist:0tIiRDVcRxwpyWrjrODr91">Infamous Syndicate</a> signed to Relativity a year later and released Changing the Game in 1999. The album didn't live up to its title, despite production help from No ID and <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x">Kanye West</a>; the duo was dropped and eventually split. Shawnna then hooked up with <a href="spotify:artist:3ipn9JLAPI5GUEo4y4jcoi">Ludacris</a>, who granted her a spot on his break-out single "What's Your Fantasy." Two years after an album with <a href="spotify:artist:3ipn9JLAPI5GUEo4y4jcoi">Luda</a>'s Disturbing Tha Peace crew, she finally released Worth Tha Weight, her solo debut for Def Jam. <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x">West</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5Y5TRrQiqgUO4S36tzjIRZ">Timbaland</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2gpPCu8rjzdobGqDZJpHiR">Just Blaze</a>, Shondrae, Icedrake, and <a href="spotify:artist:6nfYGe7IIuuP5bMY1jkJP6">Jermaine Dupri</a> chipped in with production support. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
