A prominent figure on the local music scene for years, rapper Shawn Poe, aka Karate P, begins each day by working out of his garage, a space he’s turned into a streaming center and videography station to help promote local artists.
“Cleveland was like a melting pot of every other place I had been,” he says. “There were Southerners here. There were West Coast people here and Puerto Ricans and Blacks. It had its own pace too.” Before becoming a motivational mover and shaker, Poe started his career at the grassroots level. He put his first cassette way back in 1999, recording the album at his friend’s “musty” garage.
“Things got a lot calmer, and I developed a different style of music after being known as the Midwest King of Crunk,” he says.
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