Shadoe

New Era

shadoe is an American artist-producer moving through hip-hop, electronic music, post-punk, reggae, and dub. Born in Baltimore in 1989 and based in Florida, he's been making music since he was 12 — and behind the machines even longer: his grandmother Leola put him in computer classes at Fells Point at five years old and bought him his first computers.

He studied under Bruce Swedien — the five-time Grammy winner behind Michael Jackson's Thriller — and the education stuck: he writes, produces, mixes, and masters everything himself. His earlier albums amassed millions of streams, and 2022's "Party Time" (with Peter Dante and Ronnie King) hit No. 3 on the iTunes reggae chart behind only Bob Marley and Ini Kamoze.

Then he deleted the entire catalog and started over.

The 2025 relaunch brought State of Static, followed by nine singles in eight months — including "Kill Switch" with Twiztid's Jamie Madrox — machine titles from an artist who had just rebooted himself. New collaborations are in motion.