| Doreen Mason | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Alias: | Dee Shy |
| Birth Name: | Doreen Samantha Mason |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Instrument: | vocals |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Occupation: | rapper |
| Years Active: | 1986–present |
| Label: | Digital Jukebox |
| Associated Acts: | Blak Prophetz, Funk Division, John Chiti, SKO (RME), Yvonne Curtis |
Dee Shy (born Doreen Samantha Mason on May 1973 is a British rapper. She has been rapping since the mid-1980s alongside her husband Darren Mason from the French band SKO (RME) who were originally a Birmingham-based commercial rap trio from the UK who were signed to Sony BMG France under NRG Music.[1]
Shy worked within the beauty industry and was featured in the "Black Hair Magazine", which was an "international bi-monthly magazine for the style-conscious celebrity black women around the world".[2] In 2001 Mason survived a car accident. During an interview with Jerade James Jr for Future Topic and Black British Musicians Magazine, she stated how the incident had changed her perception of life, and she decided to tone down her lyrical content towards Hip Hop. This change caught the attention of the Gospel music genre who mildly associated her with the movement. [3]
Although she's not fully considered a Gospel recording artist it was during an award ceremony in 2019 held in Birmingham where she was introduced to the UK music executive, record producer and rapper, Mark Duffus, (Blak Prophetz), owner of Digital Jukebox Records. She sent him her rap songs and she was later signed to his record label in the same year to release more conscious rap songs including the mentoring of problematic youth within her community.[4]