LaShawn Ameen Daniels (Newark, New Jersey, December 28, 1977 – South Carolina, September 3, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, producer, vocal arranger and powerhouse in his own right, and close collaborator with producer Rodney Jerkins.

He won two Grammys, one of which for Best R&B song in 2001 (the smash hit “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child) and has sold 210 million records, thanks to his collaborations with Michael Jackson (“You Rock My World”), Whitney Houston (“It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay”), Lady Gaga (“Telephone,” her collaborative effort with Beyoncé) and Jennifer Lopez, whose first hit “If You Had My Love” was sampled by Drake in “Teenage Fever,”. The Canadian rapper also sampled “Say My Name” for his track “Girls Love Beyoncé,” thus making Daniels honoured of having created a legacy. He had also took part in the writing process of Brandy and Monica’s succesful duet “The Boy Is Mine”.

Other writing credits of his are present on songs by Toni and Tamar Braxton, Spice Girls, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and the R&B trio TLC.

In the late 2018, he started a side-project by taking the pseudonym of Big Shiz, whose work would be based on modern Christian music, mixing Gospel with influences of contemporary R&B: this process resulted in The Big Shiz Project, released on September 1, 2018 independently. However, Daniels didn’t consider Big Shiz as a proper artist, as he just felt compelled to express his view on faith and religion.

He died in a car accident on September 3, 2019, at the age of 41, thus ending a great music career prematurely.