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BlakeShawn

Born Blake Shawn McCowan-Martin on December 15th, 1999. Better known by his stage name "BlakeShawn", is a Tempe, Arizona based rapper and producer. In addition to his personal music career BlakeShawn is also the owner of a Tempe, Arizona based record label, "the480squad" and a co-owner of (now inactive) "beat-making company", "2ndGradeMusic". 2ndGradeMusic was active from 2015-2017, founded by Blake and his best friend Jack Chaney. BlakeShawn was also a part of a musical group, "Triple A" (Other members: Amelia McCowan-Martin and Alexa McCullough), the group's life was short lived, only active from early 2016 to mid 2016. The group's break-up was due to a clash in personalities. BlakeShawn is best known for his unique sound and his some-what outlandish rap verses. BlakeShawn began rapping in the summer of 2009 but, didn't begin to release tracks until October 31st of 2014, with his debut SoundCloud track "They Don't Even (Featuring JC (Blake's cousin)). The song swept the halls of Corona Del Sol High School (In Tempe, Arizona) bringing in roughly 1,000 SoundCloud plays. Nearly 2/3 of the CDSHS student body had heard the song at the time. The track has since been deleted, but this song began Blake's music career.