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Birth name | Michael Jean Clervoix |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | February 11, 1976
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Years active | 1995–present |
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Michael Jean Clervoix [1] (born February 11, 1976), professionally known as Sha Money XL, is an American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and music manager from New York City.
Clervoix was a producer for 50 Cent and the founder of Teamwork Music Inc. [2] After Interscope granted 50 Cent his own label in 2003, Sha Money XL was president of G-Unit Records until 2007. He then was VP of A&R at Def Jam in May 2010, and produced Big K.R.I.T.'s Live from the Underground . As of 2015 [update] he is an executive at Epic Records. [3]
Clervoix who is of Haitian descent, joined in on the relief efforts a year later in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake that still left many people impoverished and homeless sending over money, food and clothes to Port-au-Prince, as well as his mother’s hometown of Limbé. He sought to create a Haitian hip-hop EP in collaboration with Creole Haitian rap stars such as Seca Konsa and among others. [4]
He is cousins with DJ Whoo Kid. [5]