16 Facts About Shystie

Shystie's mother was born and raised in Barbados and her father was born and raised in Grenada, making her heritage West-Indian.

Shystie became famous in 2003 with her white label response to Dizzee Rascal's "I Luv U" and a tour with Basement Jaxx, The Streets and 50 Cent, which led to her being signed by major label Polydor.

Shystie is the leading actress in the television series Dubplate Drama.

In 2004, Shystie featured in the computer game with her own character, Juiced, albeit only in the Acclaim beta version.

Shystie recorded an accompanying song and video entitled "Juiced", which was featured on the game's beta soundtrack and her album as a bonus track.

The premise of the series involved a group of young musicians, with the leading role by Shystie, who was attempting to make it big by securing a record deal.

In March 2006, Shystie had two songs, "One Wish" and "Woman's World", featured in the film Kidulthood.

In June 2008, Shystie played the role of Lisa in the film Adulthood, the sequel to Kidulthood.

Shystie wrote the theme song "Arms Open Wide" which featured on the Adulthood soundtrack.

In September 2011, Shystie wrote the theme song for the feature film Sket along with writing four other songs which were used for the film.

In March 2012, Shystie played the role of Toya in the short film Illegal Activity, which premiered at the Bafta HQs.

In March 2012, Shystie released a promotional single and video for "Bad Gyal" and, in August, released her second promotional single and video for "Feel It", both from her EP Pink Mist, which was produced by LzBeatz.

In February 2013, Shystie modelled and performed at London Fashion Week again, and was featured in Vogue for the second time.

Shystie released a diss track directed at Banks called "Doppelganger".

On 28 April 2013, Shystie released her EP independently through her in-house team Starwork Music, entitled Pink Mist via iTunes.

Shystie was scheduled to model at New York Fashion Week and do more acting in 2014.