Coin locker kid

In 2007, Coin Locker Kid started as a Fayetteville hip-hop trio, influenced by Portishead and Madlib. The ringleader, a boundary-pushing rapper by the name of Devyn Smith, soon parted ways with vocalist Kat Reimers and bassist Dominique "Prinny" Ellis and started making a buzz for himself. He held onto the moniker Coin Locker Kid and ultimately befriended Australian producer Katalyst through MySpace. Through sheer luck or possibly fate, by the age of 21 Smith found himself on the inside track to work alongside his heroes -- on Madlib's label, with Katalyst's friend Geoff Barro...