 In April 2012, MI featured Shaydee on a song titled "Pain" off his "Illegal Music II" mixtape.On June 11, 2012, Shaydee signed a recording deal with Empire Mates Entertainment, a move that helped launch his career further.He is often credited to have featured and written some songs off EME's compilation album titled "Empire Mates State of Mind" which was released in 2012.