Shanell Interview With Honey Mag

Shanell Joins Long List Of Performers Coming To DTE

If there’s one thing that Young Money Entertainment artist Shanell would like to tell fans in Michigan, it is that she’s not from Detroit.

“The last time we were in Detroit, Wayne had told the audience that I was from there,” said Shanell, who’s from Springfield, Mass. “It’s kind of funny. I don’t know if people know I’m not from there. He was a little confused on where I was from. He told the audience, ‘She’s from Detroit. Everyone give it up for Shanell.’ I was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’ I’m not from there, but we had fun the last time we were there.”

Shanell, along with fellow Young Money artists Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Jeremih and Pleasure P, are returning to the Detroit area to perform at the DTE Energy Music Theatre on Sunday.

“You can expect everything from the show — and I’m not playing,” she said with a laugh. “Wayne’s show, the Young Money show, we all touch on different parts of music. You get everything at once, which is really different than what people get when they come to a rap concert. We give a lot that’s unexpected.”

Shanell, also known as SNL, is a quickly rising pop/rock/urban artist signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment. She has collaborated with Ne-Yo, Usher, Keri Hilson, written songs for Danity Kane, Kelis and most recently co-wrote Lil Wayne’s breakthrough rock/urban hit “Prom Queen,” the first single off the upcoming “Rebirth” album.

“‘Prom Queen,’ that was big for me,” she said. “We all look up to Wayne and how well he did with his last album and his career, period. When he asked me to write a song for him, that was big because he’s a great writer himself. He heard it and he loved it, I was like, ‘Yeah!’ He said, ‘It’s my first single.’ ‘Yeah!’ I pretty much think everything I do is really good. It’s good to think like that about your work. I believe in my work. I leave it up to people to decide whether it’s a hit or not.”

She was featured on the “Dedication III” mixtape (”My Weezy”), an exclusive version of the multi-platinum “The Carter III” album (”Showtime”) as well as performed “Prom Queen” and other songs on the I AM Music U.S. Tour with Lil Wayne and T-Pain, “The View” and MTV’s “Spring Break.”

Shanell’s new songs “Play in My Band” featuring Lil Wayne (which she also performs on tour) and “Party All the Time” featuring Aubrey O’Day from Danity Kane have been buzzing on the Internet and radio off her recent music sampler release called “A Taste of Shanell aka SNL.”

Next up she will appear on the “Young Money” Compilation and “Rebirth” albums as well as a European Tour with Lil Wayne.

“We have to finish up these albums,” she said. “We have Wayne’s ‘Rebirth’ album we have to finish up. The ‘Young Money’ compilation album we need to finish up and get it out to you guys.”

The Young Money family, which also includes Nicki Minaj, Drake (who was originally on the tour but sustained a leg injury), Jae Millz, Lil Chuckee, Lil Twist, Mack Maine, T-Streets, Tyga, Bow Wow and Gudda Gudda, takes a unique approach to writing and recording.

“We just go in the studio and we work,” Shanell said. “If I have a song that I worked on and I want Nicki Minaj to get on it, I’ll call her to get on it. If Gudda has a song and he thinks I will be great for the hook, he’ll call me to get on it.

“Once we create all this music, we pick and chose what’s going to go on what. ‘This is gonna go on your album, this on ‘Young Money’ album, this is going to go on ‘Rebirth.” It’s different. I think that’s why Young Money is such a strong family. It’s such a strong family of musicians. We’re all really good creative people and we create like that. A lot of people focus on one song, ‘This is going to be the single,’ ‘This is going to be the second single.’ We don’t do that. We go in and we’re free to create and listen to it and whatever works for whatever album, or situation, that song will go there.

“You should see all of us in the studio, it’s crazy,” she added. “Everybody gives everybody their time to work on whatever they need to work on. We have basketball games going on while we’re waiting to work. We play tricks on each other. It’s really like a family. It’s not a bunch of big-headed, ‘I’m better than you type atmosphere.’ We really are like a family.”

Shanell’s Tour Diary #2

SHANELL aka SNL Official Tour Diary Episode 2











Shanell and Aubrey O’Day take us backstage to premiere their new song “Party All The Time” at Power 106 in LA with DJ Felli Fel.

Shanell Speaks On Omarion’s Departure

“I don’t know, everything happens so quick,” Shanell said about Omarion’s departure. “Everything happens so quick but I’ve always been a fan of Omarion. So whether he’s with us or not with us, I hope the best for his career. I haven’t been able to work with him yet…[With Bow Wow,] that’s the homie. That’s the homie. We’ve worked together before. He’s actually with Cash Money. It’s a whole family but it’s two separate situations. It’s Cash Money and Young Money.”

SNL Pikks

Pictures: Shanell Backstage At America’s Most Wanted Tour

Here are some pictures of Shanell backstage on the America’s Most Wanted tour. She posted these on her Facebook page and in the pictures below, you see Aubrey O’ Day, Cortez Bryant and some of the AMW tour dancers. We have also included some pictures of SNL arriving to at Coco De Ville Nightclub.

Exclusive: Shanell – A Taste Of Shanell [Official Mixtape Back Cover]

Shanell’s mixtape titled “A Taste Of Shanell aka SNL” should be dropping real soon and you might be excited for it, but most of you will be disappointed.

There is only 6 tracks on the tape and if you are a big fan of SNL, you would of probably heard them all.

You can see the back cover of the mixtape above and if you missed the front cover, click here.

The good news is that Shanell is supposedly going to be releasing another mixtape after this one drops and that tape will probably have some new music.

♫Aubrey O’Day ft. Shanell: Party All the Time

Shanell – Play In My Band (Feat Lil Wayne)

Shanell’s Contest To Win A Backstage Pass To AMW Tour

Shanell aka SNL Tour Diary Chapter 1: CONTEST!!!

Bet talks about young Money

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LilWayne & Nicki Minaj

Meanwhile, an album that you won’t be hearing anytime soon is Lil’ Wayne’s “Rebirth.” The album has been pushed back yet again and the rapper has said he will release the LP when his Young Money label is in order. Looks like we might be waiting awhile for that to happen cause there seems to be drama. According to BlogXilla Wayne’s label is renigging on it’s promise to let one of their newest artist Nicki Minaj rap and sing because Wayne would rather focus on the singing career of his new girlfriend Shanell who recently signed with Young Money (and is D. Woods‘ sister, if you care). Really Wayne? Didn’t anyone ever tell you not to mix business with pleasure and for the love of latex haven’t you had enough girlfriends this year?

Lil Wayne Performs Mrs. Officer, Lollipop & MJ Tribute

footage of the America’s Most Wanted tour two nights ago. In this video, Weezy performs “Mrs. Officer“, “Lollipop” and a Michael Jackson tribute.

Official Young Money Members

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Lil Wayne
Real name: Dwayne Michael Carter
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Dwayne Michael Carter, better known by his stage name Lil Wayne is a rapper, rock star and R&B singer. He founded Young Money Ent and joined Cash Money Records as a young teenager. He was also part of the Hip Hop groups “Hot Boys” and “Sqad Up”.


Mack Maine
Real name: Jermaine Preyan
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Jermaine Preyan, better known by his stage name Mack Maine is the president of Young Money Ent. He has been friends with Lil Wayne from the age of 5 and he runs a distribution DVD company called Kush Entertainment.


Tyga
Real name: Michael Stevenson
Place of birth: Compton, California, United States
Notes: Michael Stevenson, better known by his stage name Tyga is a rapper who signed to Young Money Ent in 2007. He is the cousin of Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) and make sure to check out his song with Lil Wayne called “Lay You Down”.


Jae Millz
Real name: Jarvis Mills
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, United States
Notes: Jarvis Mills, better known by his stage name Jae Millz is a rapper from Harlem in New York. He signed with Young Money Ent in 2008 and made his name from the mixtape circuit in 2000.


Gudda Gudda
Real name: Carl Lilly
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Carl Lilly, better known by his stage name Gudda Gudda is a rapper from New Orleans. He used to be part of the Hip Hop group “Sqad Up” along with fellow Young Money members Lil Wayne and T-Streets.


Nicki Minaj
Real name: Onika Maraj
Place of birth: Queens, New York, United States
Notes: Onika Maraj, better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj is a rapper from Queens. She met up with Lil Wayne from appearing on the Dirty Money Records DVD titled “The Come Up”. From then on, Weezy wanted her to be the face of Young Money Ent.


Lil Twist
Real name: Christopher Moore
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, United States
Notes: Christopher Moore, better known by his stage name Lil Twist is a teenage rapper and singer from Dallas. He is currently in the ninth grade and he is part of the “Young Hot Boys” group along with Lil Chuckee and Lil Za.


T-Streets
Real name: ~
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: T-Streets is a rapper from New Orleans. He used to be in the group “Sqad Up” along with Lil Wayne, Kidd Kidd and Gudda Gudda. He was featured on Weezy’s single and music video “The Only Reason” too.


Shanell aka SnL
Real name: Shanell Woodgett
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Notes: Shanell Woodgett, better known by her stage name Shanell aka SnL is a female R&B singer, songwriter and choreographer. She wrote and featured in Lil Wayne’s “Prom Queen” music video and has worked for other artists such as Jay-Z and Ne-Yo.


Lil Chuckee
Real name: Rashad Ballard
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Notes: Rashad Ballard, better known by his stage name Lil Chuckee is a teenage rapper from New Orleans. He is currently the youngest member out of the Young Money crew and has appeared in plenty of music videos as a dancer.


Omarion
Real name: Omari Ishmal Grandberry
Place of birth: Inglewood, California, United States
Notes: Omari Ishmal Grandberry, better known by his stage name Omarion is a R&B singer, songwriter, producer, actor and dancer. He used to be in the R&B group “B2K” and he has already starred in 7 films.


Drake
Real name: Aubrey Drake Graham
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Notes: Aubrey Drake Graham, better known by his stage name Drake is a R&B singer, rapper and actor. He first became known for playing Jimmy Brooks in “Degrassi” and he is the latest member to sign to YME even though he has been affiliated with them for a long time.