Shawty Lo won Breakthrough Artist of the Year at Ozone Magazine’s third annual awards show held on Monday evening at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.  About his win, Shawty Lo said “It was an honor just to be nominated but to win is a good feeling and to win for Breakthrough Artist is a blessing because I feel like I did just that this past year.  I also really appreciate the fans for supporting me through it all and I also thank God for allowing me to keep doing what I love to do.”  The rising MC was also nominated for four other awards including Album of the Year. 

In addition to working on his sophomore CD currently entitled Carlos, as well as a putting the finishing touches on an autobiographical book, Shawty Lo recently delved into acting, landing his first major movie role in the upcoming feature film Black Bag.  As if his plate wasn’t full enough, the busy entrepreneur is also participating in the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes walk on September 20th to be held at Atlanta’s Grant Park where he is encouraging people to join him in the walk and/or sponsor his team, the Diabetes Destroyers.  Shawty Lo was diagnosed with the illness in 2001. 

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