In the late 1990s, Solitair was part of a hip-hop collective known as "The Circle". In 1998, he released his first 12" single, "Silver Surfer". Early in his career, Solitair and fellow rapper Kardinal Offishall founded a production company called "Silver House and the Girl" (S.H.A.G.) in 2000. As a duo, the pair mainly produced for various hip-hop and R&B artists on the local Canadian music scene. Solitair's first internationally successful production was Kardinal's single "BaKardi Slang" from the album Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 released in 2001. Also in 2001, Solitair released a video for his single "Easy 2 Slip”, which was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award in 2002 for Best Independent Video*[2] and for Best Rap Recording at the 2002 Juno Awards
By 2004, Solitair and Kardinal renamed their label Black Jays. Solitair and Kardinal produced a remixed version of Jay-Z's The Black Album and called it The Black Jays Album. When Kardinal created the mixtape Kill Bloodcott Bill, featuring guest appearances by rappers and dancehalldeejays, Solitair produced the title track “Kill Bill” as well as being featured as a rapper on several other tracks. Solitair was also commissioned along with rapper Ro Dolla to produce the intro for basketball highlights sports program NBA XL, on Rogers Sportsnet.
Solitair volunteers to speak to at-risk students at high schools in Toronto.[3]
References
^Forman, Murray (2002). The 'hood comes first: race, space, and place in rap and hip-hop. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press. pp. 345. ISBN0-8195-6397-8.
^Bailey, Katie (2002-05-13). . Chart. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
^Pearce, Christian; Bascuñán, Rodrigo (2007). Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent. Toronto: Vintage Canada. pp. 230–31. ISBN0-679-31389-3.
solitair, confused, with, sheldon, pitt, better, known, stage, name, canadian, rapper, record, producer, from, toronto, ontario, founding, member, defunct, black, jays, record, label, production, team, been, producing, nearly, years, produced, nina, glenn, lew. Not to be confused with Solitaire Sheldon Pitt better known by his stage name Solitair is a Canadian rapper and record producer from Toronto Ontario 1 He is a founding member of the now defunct Black Jays record label and production team Solitair has been producing hip hop and R amp B for nearly 20 years and has produced for Nina Sky Glenn Lewis Cham Maestro Rascalz Kardinal Offishall Ivana Santilli Jully Black Choclair and Sugar Jones among others SolitairSolitair September 2013Background informationBirth nameSheldon PittAlso known asSoli SilverBorn 1975 11 09 November 9 1975 age 47 OriginToronto Ontario CanadaGenresHip hop Contemporary R amp B Pop musicOccupation s Rapper songwriter record producerInstrument s Vocals keyboard sampler Pro Tools Logic ProYears active1994 presentWebsitesolitairmusic wbr com In the late 1990s Solitair was part of a hip hop collective known as The Circle In 1998 he released his first 12 single Silver Surfer Early in his career Solitair and fellow rapper Kardinal Offishall founded a production company called Silver House and the Girl S H A G in 2000 As a duo the pair mainly produced for various hip hop and R amp B artists on the local Canadian music scene Solitair s first internationally successful production was Kardinal s single BaKardi Slang from the album Quest for Fire Firestarter Vol 1 released in 2001 Also in 2001 Solitair released a video for his single Easy 2 Slip which was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award in 2002 for Best Independent Video 2 and for Best Rap Recording at the 2002 Juno AwardsBy 2004 Solitair and Kardinal renamed their label Black Jays Solitair and Kardinal produced a remixed version of Jay Z s The Black Album and called it The Black Jays Album When Kardinal created the mixtape Kill Bloodcott Bill featuring guest appearances by rappers and dancehall deejays Solitair produced the title track Kill Bill as well as being featured as a rapper on several other tracks Solitair was also commissioned along with rapper Ro Dolla to produce the intro for basketball highlights sports program NBA XL on Rogers Sportsnet In 2006 Solitair began to collaborate with Cipha Sounds of Hot 97 The songs they produced together were created under the production name More Fire Throughout the course of their partnership the duo has produced for artists such as Nina Sky Daytona rapper Lil Wayne Busta Rhymes Dj Khaled Jim Jones Elephant Man and Trey SongzSolitair volunteers to speak to at risk students at high schools in Toronto 3 References Edit Forman Murray 2002 The hood comes first race space and place in rap and hip hop Middletown Conn Wesleyan University Press pp 345 ISBN 0 8195 6397 8 Bailey Katie 2002 05 13 MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees Announced Chart Archived from the original on 2011 06 07 Retrieved 2009 09 27 Pearce Christian Bascunan Rodrigo 2007 Enter the Babylon System Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent Toronto Vintage Canada pp 230 31 ISBN 0 679 31389 3 Music portal Canada portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solitair amp oldid 1077582010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
