Kid Capri

New York DJ, producer, and rapper Kid Capri is a pioneer of the hip-hop mixtape format, and an all-around well-respected figure in the music industry. He started scratching and spinning records as a youth, and eventually played sets at the legendary Studio 54. He began selling cassettes of his DJ sets, creating an underground empire, and his first album as an artist, the Biz Markie-produced The Tape, was released in 1991. Capri then produced artists like KRS-One and Heavy D, while performing as a DJ and providing music for the popular Def Comedy Jam television program. His sec...