Shawn Singleton is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
actor and musician. His television roles have included the series ''
Lord Have Mercy!
''Lord Have Mercy!'' is a Canadian television sitcom, produced by Leda Serene Films, first shown on Vision TV in 2003. It received further showings in Canada on Toronto One, APTN and Showcase later the same year.
The series, one of the first ...
'', ''
The Line
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Arts ...
'', ''
Doomstown
''Doomstown'' is a Canadian television movie, which aired in 2006 on CTV. Set in the Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown neighbourhood Toronto, Ontario, the film explores the issue of gang violence in the neighbourhood of Rexdale.
''Doomstown'' was ...
,
Platinum
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Pla ...
'' and ''
Instant Star
''Instant Star'' is a Canadian musical comedy-drama television series which aired from 15 September 2004 to 26 June 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as teenage singing competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experie ...
'', as well as guest appearances in ''
Flashpoint'' and ''
Da Kink in My Hair
''Da Kink in My Hair'' is a play by Trey Anthony, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001.
The play's central character is Novelette, the Caribbean Canadian owner of Letty's, a Toronto hair salon. Novelette is forced to confront her ...
''. He also had minor roles in the films ''
Four Brothers'' and ''
Get Rich or Die Tryin'''.
Singleton was also a producer and DJ for the
Canadian hip hop
The Canadian hip hop scene was established in the 1980s. Through a variety of factors, it developed much slower than Canada's popular rock music scene, and apart from a short-lived burst of mainstream popularity from 1989 to 1991, it remained l ...
band
Baby Blue Soundcrew
Baby Blue Soundcrew was a Canadian DJ group from Toronto, Ontario, specializing in hip-hop and R&B music. The group was composed of Kid Kut, KLC, C-Boogie, and Singlefoot. They are notable for releasing two commercially successful compilatio ...
.
["Toronto Plays Host to Canada's First Multicultural Sit-Com". ''Graphic News'', October 10, 2002.]
Filmography
Film
Television
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Canadian male television actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian hip hop DJs
Black Canadian male actors
Black Canadian musicians
Living people
Canadian DJs
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Canadian people of Barbadian descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
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