having a variety of life experiences is what separates Nightshade Records artist, "Shadow", from all of the rest of today's artists. Born in Des Moines, Iowa Shadow was raised partially in central Illinois and also North Carolina. In and out of trouble and running with people of a more "alternative" culture, Shadow took to the urban lifestyle and bonded with the love of hiphop music. "Carta" of North Carolina based C-Louchie Records gave him his first shot at getting his name known when Shadow moved to Winston-Salem N.C. in 2006. Through battles and various networking encounters with local artists Shadow began to rise through the ranks of N.C. Hip-Hop until 2007 when Shadow moved to Winchester, Kentucky which he calls "Rifle City" which gave him a country style to blend with his urban street mentality. Shadow began his networking again making friends with the townspeople and his listeners which led to his name circulating rather quickly. 2008 came around and Shadow released a letter to the Winchester Sun News