Amir “King Seven” Shakur Bio

Amir Shakur, known professionally as Amir “King Seven” Shakur. Shakur is an American MC, Deejay, Soul Poet and Urban Record Producer.

He is the Founder and CEO of Soul America International Records and also his career began around The Chicago, Illinois Area as a Underground Record Producer and Sound Engineer producing local acts but later transitioning to the Neo Soul, Hip Hop and Inspirational genres of Music on a more national level. Shakur is also credited as a growing name and key figure in the continued crafting and popularization of Neo Soul, Progressive Hip Hop Soul, a subgenre of R&B Music and Hip Hop which characterized by a foundation of heavy beats and slow, melodical Third Stream Jazz and Gospel chord progressions.

During the early 2000s, Shakur attended Columbia College Chicago focused on Music Theory and Composition and Jazz Studies. The university experience led to a by chance opportunity to work at Chicago Trax Recoding Studios a location that was utilized by R. Kelly and his home studio base. “I had the opportunity to watch Robert Kelly for a few years at the studio “I can say I ‘learned a lot-just by watching him, produce albums for years over and over– I’d seen the careers of various artists around his circle grow and decline. -some of them I worked with directly. I can say “I believe I can benefit from his legacy” more than anyone else I’ve seen. But I must add- I always strive to keep my music in the entertainment world and avoid many unfortunate issues-I witnessed during that time.

Shakur spent almost a decade leaving the music scene and going into radio and journalism as well as social justice work-also a brief stint pastoring. Shakur is a member of the Five Percent Nation, movement a widely affiliated with Hip Hop.

Shakur was also mentored by Legendary Chicago Soul Man Record Producer and A&R Man Carl Davis known for such Hits as the “Duke of Earl” Gene Chandler, producing Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keep Lifting Me Higher” Whispers Getting Louder and many more. I learned a lot from Mr. Davis” and hope to preserve his legendary accomplishments in the next phase of my music career. 

“Many believe R&B is dead, but I don’t see it that way.”- I and others are preparing to open it to a new world.”

         Email: soulamericarecords@gmail.com

Soul America is the Newest Independent Record Label with a mission to preserve the legacy and richness of Hip Hop and Soul music By Super Record and DJ Producer Amir Shakur which included his Hitmaking Team called “Soul by Design” and with the Hit Making Process called “The Wall of Soul” plans to usher in a “New Era of Hip Hop Soul.” For more information email: sairentertianmentgroup@gmail.com