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Image HostingKa'Pone a.k.a. The Heir Of Da Lou BIO and bullet pointsBorn March 9th 1984, exactly 13 years to the day before Biggie Smallz was gunned down in the prime of life, a hip hop fan was born.Ka’Pone started out life in Robertson aka "Ghost-Town" and would travel between there and the Westside of St. Louis to see his father which sparked his early interest in the genre.Ka’Pone grew up on hip hop music riding in the car with his father as a child listening to the likes of Eric B and Rakim, N.W.A, EPMD, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, South Central Cartel, and many more of the early stars of rap. The love of rap music and the stories of the street engulfed young Ka’Pone.At the young age of 5, the child who had since birth been listening to street tales spun over instrumentals was hooked. At this young age young Ka’Pone begged his mother to take him to the local radio station where hip hop legend and current superstar LL Cool J was doing promotion for his latest album. Ka’Pone with his supportive mother stood outside waiting for hours hoping to meet Mr. Cool James himself. The Kangol rocking, dookie rope sporting LL finally made his way outside of the station to meet the little guy who was waiting so patiently to meet his hip hop hero. Once outside LL had Ka’Pone beat box for him and he kicked freestyle to it. As if that was not enough for little Ka’Pone, LL had another request for him which was to freestyle with him. Ka’Pone and LL performed on the street for the crowd that had gathered and made everybody clap and cheer. After this day there was no turning back for Ka’Pone. A Lou Devil was born. LL Cool J may have thought all he gave the young boy was an autograph and a story to tell his little friends, but he really gave Ka’Pone the feeling of purpose in this music.Flash forward to the age of 18. Ka’Pone had been in and out of half assed rap groups, and crews. He had tried his hand working with various artists to move forward. His movement started to finally gain steam when he was doing shows, and passing out flyers. Ka’Pone then hit a speed bump in life being in the streets doing what he had to, just to survive.After a few more setbacks which will not be spoken about here, Ka’Pone regained a sense of purpose. A purpose he first thought of when riding in his fathers car, and then saw as a dream come true when he met the young and at the top of his game LL Cool J. Ka’Pone went on to open up shows for every major artist coming into St. Louis, from Young Jeezy on down to all the national St. Louis artists.Ka’Pone now has a new single called “Here Comes Trouble” featuring and produced by CHOPS (producer for Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, The Game, Kanye West, Young Buck, Bun B, Fabolous, Chamillionaire and many others) currently circulating on the internet, radio, and mixtapes.Ka’Pone is also featured on 5 tracks on the new Paul Wall and DJ T Gutta mixtape (copies available upon request)New single with platinum producer CHOPS Forthcoming mixtape with Atlanta mixtape phenom DJ Burn One (dj for Bubba Sparxx & helped launch the career of Grand Hustle artist Young Dro) Featured on 5 tracks on the Paul Wall & DJ T Gutta CD Has regional remixes of “Here Comes Trouble” dropping soon with artists from each region Ka’Pone will be launching his own web portal for the Midwest in late 2008