Master Shortie

Theo Jerome Kerlin is a British MC who is credited by his stage name Master Shortie. He is also a singer and has established his own record label, Odd One Out.[1] He was included in the Sound of 2009 poll. Originally from Mitcham in South London. his dad ran an east London jazz bar throughout his childhood, which led him to listen to many genres of music, encouraging him to start rapping at the age of 12. He started off at The Kidz in the Biz Academy in South East London. After a short stint at the BRIT School, at the age of 14, he soon dropped out, claiming "it wasn't me, it didn't suit me". At 16, Kerlin enrolled on a BTEC course at Nescot, studying Music Technology. He then started recording and producing his own adolescent hip-hop songs with producers and an underground reggae singer called Sparky. In 2005, Kerlin started to support American urban acts such as ATL at the Hackney Empire, the Scala and Shepherd's Bush Empire. He was asked to support Hadouken! on their UK tour, as he shares the same management company as them. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.