 Following the release of his hit single, Mims' debut album, "Music Is My Savior", was released in March 2007.Born into a Jamaican-American family in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, Shawn Mims grew up influenced by the rappers from his hometown.Despite the fact that he lost both parents by the time he was 13, Mims focused on music (his mother had given him his first set of DJ equipment shortly before she died) and school to keep himself out of trouble.