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Little Shawn

Tyrone La Shon Wilkins, better known by his stage names Little Shawn and [a=Shawn Pen], is an American hip-hop artist, rapper, songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, New York. In 1992, he released his first album [m=210956] on Capitol Records. Little Shawn released the single "Dom Perignon" (Uptown Records) featuring The Notorious B.I.G. on 20 July 1995. It peaked at #5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 as well as #87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and #23 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the Fox TV crime drama New York Undercover. Tupac Shakur was on his way to record a verse for Little Shawn when he was robbed and shot five times in 1994. From 1998 to 2003, Wilkins served time in federal prison for drug trafficking. Wilkins changed his stage name to [a=Shawn Pen] after leaving prison.