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BLP sources|date=December 2007Infobox musical artist | name = Kid Capri| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1967|2|7| origin =| instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1991 in music|1991 -present| label =| associated_acts = Big L , DJ AM , Jay-Z , Snoop Dogg , Nas , KRS-One , Warren G , Big Pun , The Lox , Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown | website =| notable_instruments = David Anthony Love, Jr (born February 7, 1967), also known by his stage name Kid Capri , is an United States|American musician .
He was born in the The Bronx|Bronx , New York City , New York , United States|USA . He is the son of David Love Sr., a Musician/Singer. He is of African-American and Italian people|Italian descent.cite book|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=MTqZ-Ec1GKIC& pg=PA233& lpg=PA233& dq=kid+capri+african+italian& source=bl& ots=964dqz2s5P& sig=Go0IFkjgKdR5Z5myWMGz86Ogg2s& hl=en& ei=kgCdTN3-N5L2swPD37zVAQ& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=2& sqi=2& ved=0CBUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage& q=kid%20capri%20african%20italian& f=false|chapter=Race|page=274|title=Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists|author= Ego Trip (magazine)|Ego Trip |publisher= St. Martin's Press |year=1999|isbn=0312242980|quote=Kid Capri (African-American/Italian)
In the 1970s, Kid Capri began to attend block parties, starting his disc jockey|DJ career at the age of 8. He eventually garnered widespread attention at Studio 54 and began selling his sets with his partner at the time Starchild. Kid Capri has deejayed for seven seasons of Def Comedy Jam . He's also produced tracks for Boogie Down Productions , Heavy D , Big L (rapper)|Big L , Grand Puba , and Quincy Jones . He eventually released an Vinyl record|LP on Warner Brothers Records titled The Tape in 1991. He appeared in the 1993 Film|movie '' Who's the Man? alongside Doctor Dre , Colin Quinn , KRS-One , Ice-T , Pete Rock , CL Smooth , Eric B , Flavor Flav , Kris Kross , Melle Mel , Busta Rhymes and many others. In 1997, Kid Capri switched from Warner Brothers to Trackmasters after he appeared on the 1997 Puff Daddy And The Family World Tour . He has subsequently released Soundtrack to the Streets in 1998.
Recently Kid Capri has been busy working with his very own label, 'No Kid'n Records'. Also, he was featured on a show called The Breakdown on itshiphop.tv where he talked about his current and future projects, his views on Japan's hip hop scene, and the origin of his DJ Name. On July 29, 2007, Kid Capri made an appearance during Rock The Bells 2007 as Rakim's DJ. Kid Capri also made an appearance as Rakim's DJ during the Rock The Bells 2008 show on July 19, 2008 in Tinley Park, Illinois.
Put It On (1995 off Big L 's Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous )
We Celebrate (2007 off Ghostface Killah 's The Big Doe Rehab ) http://vimeo.com/6465617
Cameos and roles in film
''Who's the Man? as himself (1993)
A Get2Gether as Dee Jay (2005)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.kidcapri.com/ Official website
IMDb name|id=0452205|name=Kid Capri
http://hiphopruckus.com/2008/09/tommy-danger-interview-with-kid-capri.html Kid Capri Interview with HipHopRuckus.Com
http://www.dopebox.net/index.php? event=search& txt=kid%20capri Kid Capri's Mixtape Discography at Dopebox.net
Persondata | NAME = Capri, Kid | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = February 7, 1967 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Capri, Kid Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Hip hop DJs Category:People from the Bronx Category:Rappers from New York City Category:African American rappers Category:American people of Italian descent Category:Cold Chillin' Records artists
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