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Samuel Shiquon House, better know for his stage name Shiquon, is an American rapper, songwriter, producer, and engineer from Manning, South Carolina. He is currently an independent artist.

Early life
Samuel was born May 6, 1995 in Manning, South Carolina. He was raised by a single mother along with two other siblings. As a child he became a victim to bullying primarily because he stuttered. This led to him starting to fall in love with the art of rap at the age of 9 and had the strive to become one of the best.

Career
In the beginning, Shiquon's stage name was Shay (his nickname growing up). In 2004, him and a classmate sat in class and wrote battled by writing lyrics on a sheet of paper passing it back and forth, later getting in trouble for using profanity. Him and a cousin started recording music on the memo pad on the early Microsoft computers, making about 5 songs that night freestyling. During the year 2007, his English teacher introduced him to the recording software Audacity while doing a class project and started using it to record his first mixtape.

From 2008 to 2009 at the age of 13, Shiquon recorded and finished his first mixtape Legacy of a Gangsta but never released it to the public. He felt like he needed time to work on his craft in order for him to release any of his music. Shiquon spent a year to perfect his style and work on another project. In 2010, he released his second mixtape Da Legacy Continues and received positive feedback from it. This led to him to collaborate with other artists from different states. Early 2011, he started working with a guy from his city along with his little brother, cousins, and some friends creating a label named Fist Full of Money. They made a compilation mixtape called Extraordinary but didn't like the direction it went. Due to creative differences, the left the label and worked on their own music independently. Later that year, Shiquon release his third mixtape Promotional Use.

In 2012, he primarily worked on his craft more to come up with a series of mixtapes titled Shameful Thoughts. The first installation to the series was released March the third, where he only had one person featured on it which was Canadian native Suspect. Throughout the year, he would then release two more projects called Striving for Greatness and Shameful Thoughts II. Shameful Thoughts II grasped a lot of attention for its different styles Shiquon used on it. He gained more recognition, landed features from new artists, and an independent deal. Beginning in 2013, he was promised a record deal with an independent label named Blacksmoke Muzik Ent. Due to lack of cooperation and not being offered a contract, Shiquon lost all contact with the label and created his own named Real Life Music Group (later changing to Real Life Muzik Ent.) with his brother, cousins. After the anger from it and end of a two and a half year relationship, he released his seventh mixtape Shameful Thoughts III venting about everything he's been through that year.

During 2014, Shiquon stayed away from music to focus more on his creative ability and also stopped his label "Real Life Muzik Ent." to create something new. In August he released a four track EP titled Intelligent Inquiries EP for practice. On there, he spoke mostly about politics and the problems of the world. Later that year, he started working on a new project but didn't know what to call it. Earlier this year, he announced that he would be releasing his eighth mixtape titled The Samuel House Mixtape. In January, he released his first single Southern Hospitality. On Valentine's Day, he released his second single Ballad of Endearment featuring rapper Nitty Scott, MC. The record received positive feedback from fans and friends. Following the release, Shiquon released his third single This Can't Be Life featuring Top Dawg Entertainment affiliate JaVonté. From there he gained back his confidence and was ready to release his project. He stated that this project was a make up for Shameful Thoughts III because he felt he could do better. In between finishing his mixtape, he released a single on his birthday called 20 where he wrote, produced, and released it on that day. The Samuel House Mixtape was supposed to be released in June but pushed back for creative reasons. On July 5th, Shiquon released his fourth single Book of Samuel (which was featured on FaTTrak Music Blog) then released his mixtape on July 21st. The mixtape received a lot of love and great feedback from his fans and loyal supporters, along with new listeners.

On August 24th, Shiquon was featured in the South Carolina edition of Grind Mode Cypher with creator Lingo, Lyrizone, and his little brother Heirik.

Shiquon is currently working on many projects and is also producing for other artists.

Mixtapes

 * Legacy of a Gangsta (2009)
 * Da Legacy Continues (2010)
 * Promotional Use (2011)
 * Shameful Thoughts (2012)
 * Striving for Greatness (2012)
 * Shameful Thoughts II (2012)
 * Shameful Thoughts III (2013)
 * The Samuel House Mixtape (2015)

Extended Plays

 * Intelligent Inquiries EP (2014)