Papoose Net Worth
Early Life and Career Beginnings Papoose was born Shamele Mackie on March 5, 1978, in New York City, New York. He was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. He is of Liberian descent. Mackie earned the nickname Papoose from his grandmother, who felt he resembled a Native American child when he was a baby. As a teen, Shamele attended Immaculata High School in Oshawa, Quebec, Canada. Mackie made his rap debut in 1998, appearing on Kool G Rap’s album “Roots of Evil....