The Alosinae, or the shads, are a subfamily of fishes in the herring family Clupeidae. The subfamily comprises seven genera worldwide, and about 30 species.
The shads are pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Hilsa.
Shad (Old Turkic: , šad) was a state office in the early Central Asian Turkic states, roughly equivalent to governor. "Shad" could only be an appointee over a vassal tribe, where he represented interests of the preeminent Kagan. The name of this tribe was included in his title. For example, Tardu-shad could only be a Shad over Tardu tribe. The title carried autonomy in different degrees, and its links with the central authority of kagan varied from economical and political subordination to superficial political deference.
The position of Shad was traditionally given to the member of a ruling (Ashina) clan. Frequently, Shad was a blood prince, a representative of the next generation. Mahmud Kashgari defined the title Shad as an heir apparent a step above Yabgu. In the early Turkic Turgesh Kaganate, Shad was a ruler of the east wing, and Yabgu was a ruler of the west wing of the state, both directly subordinated to the Kagan. According to Movses Kagankatvatsi, Böri Shad was a 7th-century Western Turkic Khaganate prince and an ishad, or a ruler of a principality, a nephew of Tong Yabgu Kagan, and a son of Moho shad, who may have been a Yabgu of the Khazars. Later, after a split of Western Turkic Kaganate, the splinter western part was headed by Yukuk-shad of the royal Ashina clan, who became a Kagan of the "western surnames", with a throne name Yelbi-Turuk-Kagan.
Shadrach Kabango (born July 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Shad or Shad K., is a Canadian alternative hip hop recording artist and broadcaster. He was named as the new host of the CBC Radio One program q in March 2015.
Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father as a machinist. He attended the École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont.
His debut album When This Is Over (2005) was self-made, financed with the $17,500 he won from 91.5 The Beat's Rhythm of the Future talent competition during his time as an undergraduate student at Wilfrid Laurier University. The album was recognized for Shad's self-deprecating lyrics and focus on social causes—for example, the track "I'll Never Understand" examines the Rwandan genocide and includes poetry written by his mother, Bernadette Kabango.
In 2007, he was signed by Black Box Recordings for a three-album deal and released his second album, The Old Prince. In 2008, The Old Prince received a Juno Award nomination for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. The album was also nominated for two MuchMusic Video Awards. Shad released his third album, TSOL, in 2010. TSOL was nominated for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, a 2011 MuchMusic Video Award, and won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards. On beating out Canadian compatriot Drake for the Juno, Shad said in an interview: "I did not think for a second that I would win. Not for one second. He's massive. He's massive in the States, he's massive in Canada."
Yo I aint no hard hustling muscle man loving the curb
The only time I use a bullet is in Microsoft Word
Slick talk, you can say I got grease in my speech
Be rhyming with a fried chicken piece in my teeth
But now Im more self sufficient
The food in my shelves and kitchen give myself
nutrition to help with my health conditions
And while Ive never been too stable cerebrally radio
frequency rappers still aint able to equal me
Plus I link with them, cause the fatter the beats,
words battering peeps when Im scattering speech
Like jabs to cheeks, shattering teeth, drop the dagger
in deep, rattling jeeps with base levels no ladder can
reach (nice)
Shad be that freak with that five mic classic
Still rapping on his street selling tapes out his
jacket
No lights and action the places I bust a flow
The only rap videos I make are instructional
Trust the full power my verse packs
They closed the kitchen I worked at when they heard how
I served cats
(so are you wild?)
Like girls gone with Mardi Gras pearls on
Again and again, Im here to prove the world wrong
The real deal, Im just trying to keep my wheel still
Im worth fighting in a box office like Kill Bill
Chill live freestyling the jam
Crowds flip cause my rhyme is wilder than Vans
And my DJs nice on those tables like coasters
We trying see all the hunnies waving our posters
But yo they dont dig it I aint trying to be hyped out
With a mic Im cold lighting the Brian McKnight, rapping
is done
Forget the purple rex Im singing backing one in purple
mecks, turtle necks and khakis son
No shame, burst your brains with propane
Its just shad not add-ons or coat names
Like cocaine money lines, my new rhymes are dope
I do the thing wild like my name was Tom Mope
More wild were than the west with Kool Mol Dee
You know G bringing the sickest drama since the OC
In a crazy world, meaning Im sane
And a break from all the nonsense theyre feeding your
brain,
While theres Nas and Gen (?) at halftime when this cat
signs,
I own a master like tiger and get green like a back
nine
And I dont make the cash mine and thats fine
Id rather live with these up and downs than flat lines
Still my jam rock the body like kidney stones
When I pass through, I got more soul/sole than Shaq
shoe
I be receiving more paper than a fax do
For inspiration I draw on people like a tattoo
Art is regardless of the hardships we face, the world
aint so cold when your heart is embraced
So brace to the home where Im resting, peace is a dead
skin on my couch speaking with brethren
And spitting punch lines with that stupid smile
That got your crew saying hi like juvenile
If Im on your radio then dont you move the dial,
Just snap your neck to the music like you knew it was