Shawnna

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CTL-P-0030 · Person

STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-00064 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0030. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Shawnna is a Chicago rapper (MotorTrend/Import Tuner interview, published 2004-11-01: a 'Chi-Town native' rapper in Ludacris' DTP camp). Date of birth January 3, 1978, per the interview's stats box — stored birth year 1978 confirmed; the box also gives 'Represents: Chicago', and Shawnna states in her own words: 'I'm born and raised in Chicago.' Checked 2026-10-17.

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Shawnna is a Chicago rapper (MotorTrend/Import Tuner interview, published 2004-11-01: a 'Chi-Town native' rapper in Ludacris' DTP camp). Date of birth January 3, 1978, per the interview's stats box — stored birth year 1978 confirmed; the box also gives 'Represents: Chicago', and Shawnna states in her own words: 'I'm born and raised in Chicago.' Checked 2026-10-17.

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Role(s): rapper
City: Chicago

Sources

https://www.motortrend.com/news/0411-impp-shawnna (verification source · master store)

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Shawnna is a Chicago rapper (MotorTrend/Import Tuner interview, published 2004-11-01: a 'Chi-Town native' rapper in Ludacris' DTP camp). Date of birth January 3, 1978, per the interview's stats box — stored birth year 1978 confirmed; the box also gives 'Represents: Chicago', and Shawnna states in her own words: 'I'm born and raised in Chicago.' Checked 2026-10-17.

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