KEEP IT AUTHENTIC: CAPONE
QUEENS (QUEENSBRIDGE), NEW YORK | CAPONE
INTERVIEW KIM “GOODLOOK” SEABROOK
IN OCTOBER ‘95, CAPONE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SOURCE MAGAZINE’S “UNSIGNED HYPE” ALONGSIDE HIS PARTNER IN RHYME NOREAGA (CNN). THE TWO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR REDEFINING HARDCORE HIP-HOP FOR THE EAST COAST WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM “THE WAR REPORT” RELEASED ON PENALTY RECORDINGS IN ‘96. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER AND FIVE OR SO STUDIO ALBUMS AND IN THE QUEENSBRIDGE NATIVE PREPARES TO DROP AN ALBUM WITH WEST COAST RAPPER DAZ DILLINGER, UNDER THE NAME “CAPONE N DILLINGER”. ANY TRUE FAN IN THE UNDERGROUND HIP HOP COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE THIS DUO AS NEW YORK CITY MEETS LONG BEACH. I WAS EAGER TO INTERVIEW HIM FOR A FEW REASONS BUT MAINLY BECAUSE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS HIS VOICE, FLOW, STYLE AND PRESENCE STILL HOLDS VALUE TO ME AND MANY OTHERS WHO APPRECIATE THAT AUTHENTIC HIP HOP. GROWING UP A FEMALE TEEN IN THE 90’S WHO ALSO ROCKED ARMY FATIGUES AND TIMBS, WHEN YOU HEARD CNN YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE MAJOR. REGARDLESS OF THE CHALLENGES CAPONE HAS FACED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND LIFE, HE REMAINS DEDICATED WITH A ONE OF A KIND FLOW. WE SALUTE YOU CAPONE FOR REMAINING AUTHENTIC AND TRUE TO YOU AND THE CULTURE.
“TO REMAIN AUTHENTIC, YOU KNOW, I JUST BE ME… I JUST MAKE SURE THAT I STAY TRUE TO WHAT I CAME IN THE GAME DOING. I DON’T TRY TO BE A DRILL RAPPER, I DON’T TRY TO BE, YOU KNOW, A FAST SPITTIN’ RAPPER. I TRY TO DO WHAT I DO BEST AND THAT’S BE CAPONE, SOUND LIKE CAPONE, KEEP THAT AUTHENTIC CAPONE SOUND AND NOT TRY TO SOUND LIKE I’M SOMEBODY I’M NOT. THAT’S WHERE YOU LOSE YOUR FAN BASE, WHEN YOU TRY TO BECOME SOMETHING YOU NOT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU NOT RESPECTED IN THE CULTURE. SO THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS DO, I TRY TO STAY THE SAME AND KEEP IT 100 WITH MY FANS.” - CAPONE
VALIDATED: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY OF HIP-HOP AND HOW DID IT MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOU AND YOUR CAREER AS AN ARTIST?
CAPONE: MY EARLIEST MEMORY OF HIP HOP WAS PROBABLY LIKE WHEN I WAS LIKE 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD MAN AND YOU KNOW COMING FROM QUEENSBRIDGE I GREW UP AROUND LIKE ROXANNE SHANTE, CRAIG G, NAS… YOU KNOW I HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCES BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS REALLY THE JUICE CREW THAT WAS RUNNING THINGS. I USE TO SEE BIZ MARKIE COMING THROUGH AND BIG DADDY KANE AND ALL OF THEM COMING THROUGH QUEENSBRIDGE BECAUSE MARLEY MARL CONTROLLED THAT SHIT. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE LIKE THEM AND I KNEW ONE DAY I WOULD EITHER BE A RAPPER OR DJ OR SOMETHING BUT MY FIRST LOVE WAS DJ’ING. SO I STARTED OUT DJ’ING AND MY MAN BLAQ POET FROM SCREWBALL GAVE ME THE NAME DJ SLICE. SO THAT’S WHAT I WAS DOING, I WAS DJ’ING, THEN EVENTUALLY I GOT INTO RAPPING. SO YOU KNOW I KIND OF GOT IN THE GAME EARLY AND WAS FORTUNATE TO BE AROUND PEOPLE LIKE MARLEY AND SHANTE TO SEE THE GAME FIRST HAND.
VALIDATED: COMING FROM QUEENSBRIDGE HOW MUCH MORE DID YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK SINCE SO MANY GREATS CAME FROM QB?
CAPONE: GROWING UP IN QUEENSBRIDGE WITH DEFINITELY A LOT OF GREATS COMING OUT OF THERE, I HAD TO PUT IN WORK, YOU KNOW. EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN EYE ON THE PRIZE AND YOU KNOW WE THE BIGGEST PROJECT IN AMERICA AND WITH THE MOST RAPPERS COMING OUT OF ONE PROJECTS AT THAT, YOU HAD TO STAND OUT AND I FIGURED THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS GONNA DO WAS BE DIFFERENT. I WASN’T GONNA BE A MOBB DEEP, I WASN’T GONNA BE A NAS, I WASN’T GONNA BE A MEGA, I WASN’T GONNA BE A NATURE, I WASN’T GONNA BE NOBODY... I WAS GONNA BE THE FIRST CAPONE AND THAT’S WHAT I DID. YOU KNOW, I TRY TO MAKE IT TO WHERE WHEN THEY MENTION QUEENSBRIDGE THEY HAVE TO MENTION ME, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT EVERYBODY'S GOAL WAS COMING OUT OF QUEENSBRIDGE. BEING THAT COMING OUT THE BIGGEST PROJECTS, WHEN YOU GET SEEN AND WHEN YOU GET HEARD YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE THAT MARK, SO YOU JUST WON’T BE ANOTHER PERSON COMING OUT OF QUEENSBRIDGE. BECAUSE ASIDE FROM EVERYBODY THAT DID MAKE IT, IT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE SPITTIN’ THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COMING OUT. SO I DEFINITELY HAD TO SCRAPE, SCRATCH AND BRAWL TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NAME IS ETCHED OUT IN STONE IN THEM RECORD BOOKS OF THE ARTISTS THATS COMING OUT OF QUEENSBRIDGE.
VALIDATED: HOW HAS THE CULTURE CHANGED AND WHAT DO YOU DO TO REMAIN AUTHENTIC?
CAPONE: I THINK THE CULTURE HAS EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING NICE, YOU KNOW, LIKE COMING FROM DRILL RAP, COMING FROM GANGSTER RAP, COMING FROM CONSCIOUS RAP, COMING FROM CRUNK MUSIC, COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DANCE RAP. YOU KNOW, ME COMING OUT IN ‘97, THE GAME DEFINITELY CHANGED A LOT BUT I THINK NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME, NOTHING STAYS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO EVOLVE. I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THIS NEW YOUNG GENERATION. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MY ERA ALWAYS BE LIKE, “ I WANT THAT OLD THING BACK.” OR “WHEN YA’LL CAME OUT HIP HOP WAS DIFFERENT.” I MEAN, EVERYBODY GOT THEY CHANCE, EVERYBODY GET THEY SHOT. I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET MONEY, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR, FOR THE YOUTH AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TALENT TO GET A WAY OUT, TO MAKE A WAY OUT TO FEED THEY FAMILY. SO AS FAR AS THE CULTURE GOES, I MEAN, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IT’S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SOUND IN HIP HOP. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE TIMES IS EVOLVING, THE GAME IS CHANGING, THE SLANG IS CHANGING AND FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AS A CULTURE THAT HAS TO CHANGE. IT CAN’T STAY THE SAME, SO I RESPECT THE WAY IT CHANGED AND I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIP HOP. ALSO, TO REMAIN AUTHENTIC, YOU KNOW, I JUST BE ME… YOU KNOW, I JUST MAKE SURE THAT I STAY TRUE TO WHAT I CAME IN THE GAME DOING. I DON’T TRY TO BE A DRILL RAPPER, I DON’T TRY TO BE, YOU KNOW, A FAST SPITTIN’ RAPPER. I TRY TO DO WHAT I DO BEST AND THAT’S BE CAPONE, SOUND LIKE CAPONE, KEEP THAT AUTHENTIC CAPONE SOUND AND NOT TRY TO SOUND LIKE I’M SOMEBODY I’M NOT. THAT’S WHERE YOU LOSE YOUR FAN BASE, WHEN YOU TRY TO BECOME SOMETHING YOU NOT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU NOT RESPECTED IN THE CULTURE. SO THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS DO, I TRY TO STAY THE SAME AND KEEP IT 100 WITH MY FANS.
VALIDATED: I HEARD YOU AND NORE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF FIGHTS, WHICH IS BOUND TO OCCUR BUT YALL STILL REMAIN SOLID. BESIDES THE GREAT MUSIC YOU BOTH MADE, WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS Y’ALL HAVE HAD TOGETHER?
CAPONE: YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, ME AND NORE DEFINITELY HAD PLENTY OF FIGHTS. THAT’S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU BROTHERS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LIKE HOT AND COLD, YIN AND YANG. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, WE BOTH TOTALLY OPPOSITE, HE’S LOUD AND BOISTEROUS, I’M LAID BACK AND COOL. HE DON’T CARE HOW HE LOOK WHEN HE COME OUT THE CRIB, MOST OF THE TIME I JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE I’M FRESH. THAT’S JUST US, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE IS A BROTHERLY BOND THAT WE DEVELOPED FROM DAY ONE WHEN WE MET EACH OTHER WHEN WE WAS ABOUT 14, 15 YEARS OLD. NO MATTER WHAT, HOW MANY TIMES WE FIGHT, HOW MANY TIMES WE FUSS, WE ALWAYS FIND OURSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR BOND TIGHT. YOU KNOW, CAUSE AS FAR AS ME, I’M THE ONLY CHILD, I DON’T HAVE NO BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THAT’S LITERALLY LIKE MY BROTHER, REALLY LIKE MY BROTHER THAT MY MOTHER DIDN’T HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. SO FOR US, THE ILLEST THING I THINK WE EVER DID WAS FIGHTING IN JAPAN OVER WEED. LIKE WE GOT TO JAPAN AND THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS FIGHT OVER WEED. WE BOTH HAD BLACK EYES AND PERFORMED THAT NIGHT LIKE WE NEVER FOUGHT EARLIER IN THE DAY AND WE WENT ON WITH THE REST OF THE TOUR LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THAT’S JUST US, KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. I REMEMBER ANOTHER TIME WE WAS IN CALI AND WE ABOUT TO DO A RECORD WITH DMX AND WE JUST STARTED A ICE FIGHT IN THE BAR AND IT WAS JUST CRAZY, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS LIKE THAT. LOL THEN THAT SAME NIGHT WE OUT EATING AND SMOKING AND DRINKING LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. THAT’S WHAT BROTHERS DO, BROTHERS ARGUE, BROTHERS FUSS BUT YOU GOT TO FIND THAT BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY FROM YA’LL BOND. THAT’S ONE THING, YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT HIM, YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT ME BUT ONE THING YOU CAN’T SPEAK, IS ABOUT US AS A GROUP AND DON’T SAY WE KEEP IT SOLID. WE KEEP IT SOLID WITH EACH OTHER, HE HELD ME DOWN PLENTY OF TIMES, I HOLD HIM DOWN PLENTY OF TIMES AND THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALWAYS GONNA BE. IT AIN’T ABOUT MUSIC WITH US.
VALIDATED: NORE SAID CNN REPRESENTS THE CAMO, ARMY GREEN, SILVER, BLACK. EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.
CAPONE: CNN, WE DEFINITELY REPRESENT THAT CAMO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LIKE THAT SILVER AND BLACK, THAT'S OUR MU COLORS. THAT CAMO IS OUR WAY OF LIFE THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT THE WAR AND THAT’S WHY OUR FIRST ALBUM NAMED “THE WAR REPORT”. WE’RE NOT BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT WAR LIKE IRAQ WAR, LIKE WORLD WAR II, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE WAR THAT’S GOING ON IN THE STREETS AND WE FIGURED THE BEST WAY TO REPRESENT THAT IS OUR QUEENS STYLE. ANYBODY KNOW PEOPLE FROM QUEENS, BACK IN THE DAY WE WORE ARMY FATIGUES SUITS, THAT WAS OUR STYLE, ARMY FATIGUES SUITS AND CARHARTS. SO THAT’S THE REASON WE CHOSE TO HAVE THE ARMY FATIGUE INSIGNIA REPRESENT OUR STYLE AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE ARMY FATIGUE THE FIRST THING THEY THINK ABOUT IN HIP HOP IS CAPONE AND NOREAGA BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE GAME. THAT’S JUST A STAPLE WE MADE, LIKE YEAH, THIS IS US, WHEN YOU SEE 50 ARMY FATIGUE SUITS COMING YOUR WAY, THAT’S CCN RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW. AND THE BLACK AND SILVER, THAT’S OUR MU CREW, THAT’S OUR BRONX CREW, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. SHOUT OUT TO MU AND WE REPRESENT THAT TOO. WHEN YOU SEE BLACK AND SILVER SHIRTS COMING YOU THAT’S MU, THAT’S WHAT WE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE GAME.
VALIDATED: SOME PEOPLE ONLY SEE THE FAME AND GLORY BUT EXPLAIN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND SACRIFICES YOU HAD TO FACE AND/OR MAKE.
CAPONE: YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE YOU ON, THEY SEE YOU SHAKING OUT THERE, THEY ONLY SEE THE JEWELRY, CARS, YOU KNOW, THE CRIBS. THEY DON’T SEE THE WORK YOU GOT TO PUT IN AND THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE TO GET WHERE YOU AT. YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN TRYING TO GO BACK TO YOUR HOOD AND SHOW PEOPLE LOVE. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, YOU EITHER GONNA LOOK LIKE YOU STUNTING OR YOU GONNA LOOK LIKE YOU TRYING TO SHIT ON PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU MIGHT JUST BE WANTING TO SHOW LOVE BUT YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHEN YOU HEAR ARTIST GOING BACK TO THEIR HOOD GETTING ROBBED AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, IT’S SACRIFICES THAT COME WITH THIS SHIT, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. AIN’T NOTHING EVER COME EASY, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, I DON’T THINK NOBODY, HOW EASY IT MAY SEEM THEY GOT IT, I DON’T THINK NOBODY GOT IT EASY TO WHERE YOU CAN JUST WALK INTO THE GAME AND JUST GET ON. NAH, YOU GOTTA PUT THAT WORK IN AND I THINK FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I BEEN THROUGH A LOT JUST TO GET WHERE I HAD TO GET AND WHAT I HAD TO GET OUT THE GAME. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING AND I’M NOT GONNA STOP NOW, I’M GONNA KEEP STRIVING BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S THESE SCRAPES AND SCARS THOUGH DON’T COME EASY. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA PUT IN THAT WORK, YOU GOTTA BEAT THAT PAVEMENT, YOU GOTTA MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE AVAILABLE TO. I HAD TO LEARN THAT, YOU KNOW, ME BEING IN JAIL AT ONE POINT WHEN MY CAREER WAS GOING ON, I HAD TO REALLY COME HOME AND LEARN HOW TO BE A PEOPLES PERSON. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN JAIL YOU GOT YOUR CREW, YOU DON’T DEAL WITH THE WHOLE JAIL, YOU GOT YOUR CREW. BUT WHEN YOU COME HOME AND YOU A ARTIST, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH EVERYBODY. YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE DICKHEADS, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE YOU DON’T WANT TO, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH EVERYBODY. SO YOU KNOW ME, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO BE A PEOPLES PERSON AND TAKE IT LIKE THAT BUT IT’S DEFINITELY HARD WHEN YOU TRYING TO MAKE IT. AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU GOT HATERS, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY GOT HATERS BUT YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA LEARN TO OVERCOME THAT.
VALIDATED: IF YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE RAP AS A CAREER WHAT DO YOU THINK KIAM HOLLEY WOULD BE DOING?
CAPONE: IF I DIDN’T CHOOSE RAP AS A CAREER, I THINK I’D PROBABLY BE LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW I’M GOOD WITH NUMBERS, I THINK I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION IN MY LIFE. EVERYBODY USE TO ALWAYS TELL ME I WAS SMART, I WAS SUPER STUPID SMART, NAH. LOL BUT I THINK I’D PROBABLY BE LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT OR SOMETHING OR LAWYER PROBABLY, I DON’T KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BUT I THINK I’D PROBABLY BE LIKE AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER BECAUSE I’M JUST SO ENTHUSED WITH MUSIC AND THE GAME. I WOULD’VE PROBABLY BEEN DOING SOMETHING IN THE GAME BUT I JUST DON’T KNOW IF I’D BE AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER OR ACCOUNTANT OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DJ, YOU NEVER KNOW.
VALIDATED: YOU HAVE A SINGLE OUT NOW TITLED "LALA NYNY" FEATURING DAZ DILLINGER AND AN UPCOMING ALBUM "GUIDELINES". HOW DID THIS COLLAB COME ABOUT?
CAPONE: YEAH, ME AND DAZ GOT A SINGLE OUT NOW CALLED “LALA NYNY” AND THIS CALOB CAME ABOUT CRAZY BECAUSE ONE DAY WE WAS IN VEGAS FOR JACK THRILLERS BIRTHDAY PARTY AND NORE AND KURUPT WENT OFF DOING THEM AND DAZ STEPPED TO ME LIKE “YO, WHAT UP PONE?”. I HAD ALWAYS BEEN FLY WITH KURUPT BUT ME AND DAZ NEVER REALLY HUNG OUT OR CHOPPED IT UP LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE NEVER CAME ACROSS EACH OTHER TOO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. SO JUST THIS TIME IT WAS LIKE WE WAS MEANT TO SEE EACH OTHER. WE WAS CHOPPING IT UP THE WHOLE TIME WE IN VEGAS AND HE WAS LIKE “YO, LETS DO A RECORD!” AND I’M LIKE “BET! SOON AS I GET BACK TO NEW YORK I’LL SEND YOU SOMETHING.” HE WAS LIKE “I’M GONNA SEND YOU SOMETHING.” SO I GET BACK TO NEW YORK AND WE WOUND UP DOING A RECORD WHICH WAS “STARTENDER” AND IT CAME OUT MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. SO WE WAS LIKE YO LETS DO ANOTHER RECORD, WE WOUND UP DOING “LALA NYNY” AND WE WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, LETS JUST DO A WHOLE ALBUM TOGETHER. SO WE WENT FROM DOING 2 RECORDS TO NOW WE GOT 15, 16 RECORDS IN THE VAULT AND WE ARE AN OFFICIAL GROUP. OUR GROUP IS CALLED “CAPONE AND DILLINGER”, WE AN OFFICIAL GROUP, WE’RE NOT JUST LIKE 2 ARTIST WHO DOING AN ALBUM TOGETHER. NAH, WE GONNA GIVE YA’LL A FEW ALBUMS, A GROUP BODY OF WORK, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. WE JUST TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE GAME FOR THE EAST AND WEST COAST. SOMETHING THATS REALLY NEVER BEEN DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE PAC AND BIG ERA. I JUST WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW WE NOT GIVING YA’LL JUST SOME, WE PUTTING SONGS TOGETHER OR HE DO A VERSE, I DO A VERSE. NAH, WE IN THE STUDIO, WE RECORDING TOGETHER... I’M IN LA, I GO SEE HIM, I CHECK HIM OUT, HE IN NEW YORK, HE COME CHECK ME OUT. WE REALLY DOING THIS AS A GROUP, SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CAPONE AND DILLINGER ALBUM CALLED “GUIDELINES”. IT’S GONNA BE CRAZY, PRODUCED BY MERC BEATZ AND DAZ DILLINGER. IT’S GONNA BE CRAZY AND WE GONNA KEEP IT COMING, WE GONNA GIVE YA’LL SOMETHING REAL SPECIAL, TRUST ME.
VALIDATED: WHAT OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE IN MIND, DID I SEE AN ANIMATION PROJECT?
CAPONE: I GOT A LOT OF UP AND COMING PROJECTS COMING RIGHT NOW. I GOT MY MAN TRAY 8 TRIGG PROJECT COMING, GOT LAK, MONEY MALC, ZE FORTE’. YOU KNOW, WE COMING RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING PRODUCED BY SUPER PRODUCER MERC BEATZ. I’M JUST TRYING TO PUT THE CREWS WHOLE LABEL SITUATION TOGETHER. GOT SIG DA TRIG, CAN’T FORGET ABOUT BABY GIRL SIG. WE JUST GRINDING RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THEY ZONE. WE GRINDING, WE GONNA GIVE YA’LL SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE SUMMERTIME. JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE ALBUM, WE GONNA DROP A EP FIRST, THEN WE DROPPING A ALBUM, THEN WE DROPPING A MINI MOVIE AND WE JUST WORKING, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. ME AND LAK GOT A EP OUT RIGHT NOW CALLED “WOLVES”, SO CHECK THAT OUT. IT’S AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS… BY ME AND LAK. HE GOES BY THE NAME OF @SMARTHIPHOP ON INSTAGRAM. SO YEAH, CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW, “WOLVES”, BUT EVERYBODY WORKING ON THEY PROJECTS AND WE WORKING ON THE GROUP THING. SO DEFINITELY CHECK US OUT THIS SUMMER.
VALIDATED: ARE YOU STILL PURSUING ACTING, IF SO WHEN AND WHERE CAN WE SEE YOU ON THE BIG SCREEN?
CAPONE: I’M DEFINITELY STILL PURSUING THE ACTING THING. I GOT A LOT OF SCRIPTS ON THE PLATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, I GOT A LOT OF SCRIPTS I’M INVOLVED IN. I’M INVOLVED IN A WEB SERIES CALLED “THE RECESSION” AND I’M DOING MY DOCUMENTARY. I’M JUST TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN, ACTING IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY PASSIONS. I DID A COMMERCIAL WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD FOR THE UNITED WAY AND THE METS, SO YOU KNOW I WAS ALREADY FAMOUS. EVERY MORNING YOU WOKE UP YOU’D SEE CAPONE ON YOUR BIG SCREEN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO YOU KNOW I LOVE ACTING, I WENT TO ACTING SCHOOL, I WENT TO MODEL SCHOOL, I DID ALL THAT. MY MOTHER KNEW WHAT SHE HAD ON HER HANDS WHEN I WAS BORN, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO DO IF FOR ME BUT MORE SO FOR HER BECAUSE I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT ALL HER HARD WORK PAID OFF. SO I’M DEFINITELY GONNA PURSUE THE ACTING AND JUST WATCH OUT FOR “THE RECESSION” AND MY DOCUMENTARY TOO COMING OUT THIS SUMMER.
VALIDATED: WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR?
CAPONE: WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH I WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS KEEPING IT A 100. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, JUST FOR WHAT I GAVE TO THE WORLD THROUGH MUSIC, HOW I CHANGED PEOPLE LIVES THROUGH MY STORY AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I GAVE MY ALL. I GAVE EVERYTHING I CAN TO THE GAME, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. WHETHER STREET, HIP HOP, WHATEVER IT IS I GAVE EVERYBODY MY ALL MAN. I PUT MYSELF OUT THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE AND FOR THE WORLD TO LEARN FROM… MY MISTAKES, MY EVERYTHING, MY SUCCESS, EVERYTHING. I JUST WANT THEM TO LEARN AND USE ME AS A STEPPING STONE TO LEARN ON HOW TO BE SOLID.
VALIDATED: WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU AND YOUR MUSIC?
YOU CAN FIND ME ON INSTAGRAM AT @CAPONEQB4LIFE, FACEBOOK CAPONEQB, TWITTER CAPONEQB, SPOTIFY CAPONEQB. YOU CAN ALSO GET ANYTHING YOU WANT, CAPONE AND NORE MERCHANDISE AT IRAKQB.COM AND DON’T FORGET MY CLOTHING LINE AKASI COLLECTION. YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT AT @AKASICOLLECTION ON INSTAGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO SHOP WITH ME, SHOP WITH ME. YOU KNOW WE GOT THE DOPE SWEATSUITS, SWEATERS, TEES, WHATEVER YOU NEED WE GOT. SO DEFINITELY CHECK OUT MY CLOTHING LINE AT @AKASICOLLECTION AND I’M GONNA LEAVE YA’LL WITH THAT. SALUTE. (CNN) CAPONE-N-NOREAGA FOREVER, (CND) CAPONE AND DILLINGER, CAPONE… I’M OUT.