Kid Capri

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Kid Capri

Background information
Birth name David Anthony Love
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Disc jockey
Associated acts Big L

Kid Capri (real name David Anthony Love) is an American hip hop DJ. He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is of African-American/Italian-American descent.

In the 1970s, Kid Capri began to attend block parties, starting his 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, Grand Puba, and Quincy Jones. He eventually released an LP on Warner Brothers Records titled The Tape in 1991. He appeared in the 1993 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 Breakdownon itshiphop.tvwhere 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 29th, 2007, Kid Capri made a special appearance during Rock The Bells 2007 as Rakim's DJ.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Releases

[edit] Singles

[edit] Videos

[edit] Cameos and roles in film

  • Who's the Man? as himself (1993)

[edit] External links