Shaun Shiller Fequiere, known by his stage name Kangol Kid, was an American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer, and emcee.
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Kangol Kid is best known as a member of the old school hip hop group UTFO. Kangol Kid was the first hip-hop artist to endorse a product through his official sponsorship with Kangol headwear.
Kangol Kid’s signature hat has been inducted into the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Shaun Shiller Fequiere acquired the nickname The Kangol Kid, from neighborhood friends during the early 1980s, because of the many Kangol hats he owned and wore.
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Kangol Kid was signed to his first record label deal at age 17, without legal representation and is considered to be one of the “pioneers of hip-hop”.
Sadly, Kangol Kid died from colon cancer on December 18, 2021, at the age of 55.
Who is Kangol Kid’s wife Tajiri Swindell?
Not much is publicly known about Kangol Kid’s wife, Tajiri Swindell and it is unclear as to when they were married, or how they got together.

The couple have one child together, a daughter named Amancia.


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