Cary Guy, known professionally as Big Shug, born December 13, 1961, in Boston,
Massachusetts, is an American rapper and actor. Raised in the Mattapan
neighborhood of Boston, he befriended Guru and co-founded the hip-hop group Gang
Starr. Following a period of imprisonment, he rejoined the Gang Starr Foundation
and contributed to Gang Starr albums including Hard to Earn (1994) and Moment of
Truth (1998), as well as DJ Krush's album Meiso (1995). He released his debut
solo studio album, Who's Hard?, in 2005, followed by Street Champ (2007),
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