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Akinola Hasani Sylvester Shomari Coppin better known as Realshomari is a rapper. He was born on April 29 1991, in Saint Michael, Barbados. Realshomari grew up listening to rap, r&b, soca, Jamaican music and began rapping around the age of ten. He attended Gooding's Private School and the St. Leonard's Boys. His favorite artistes are Rihanna, Dwane Husbands, Cover Drive, Rick Ross. Realshomari recorded a song called "God Needed Some Angels" ft Kirra as a tribute to the six girls who perished in the Campus Trendz fire on Tudor Street, Bridgetown, Barbados. The song was written by Antonio "Young-D" Johnson and the beat was also built by him. It was recorded at Audio Labb Studio in Black Bess, St. Peter, Barbados by Teddy Calderon. His first single called "Change" ft Trina-T was also recorded at Audio Labb Studio. It received air play in America, Barbados, England, Jamaica and many other countries. The music video "Change" was released on February 12th, 2013. It was directed by Natalie Calderon and produced by her husband Teddy Calderon. On July 23rd, 2013 it was first shown on Tempo which is an international TV network. An American reporter, Ginger Tea interviewed him about his musical career after she heard that the video was shown on Tempo network. She congratulated him on the successful exposure of it and encouraged him to take his musical talent further afield. His video came 2nd in the Top Ten Music Video on Music Vault (TV Show) which is seen on "Gaytelle"- Flow. He placed higher than well known artistes such as Vybz Kartel and Konshens who placed 5th and 7th respectively. He was featured in the August 2013 issue of Ville Ventures Online (Magazine) in Jamaica. His second single "Gonna Be A Star" ft Fiona was released Nov 13th, 2013. This is a pop song which was recorded at the above mentioned studio.