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COACH CAP
12+ albums
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about
A young Marque Taylor better known to us as Coach Cap always knew what he was destined to do in life. He's always had a love for music. Due to his mother’s incarceration he was raised by his grandparents and taught how to DJ by his uncle. He DJ’ed his first party at the age of 8 and everything after that is history. Music became his life and all he wanted to do. He would rush home after school to watch video music box and practice scratches by Jam Master Jay in tougher than leather. Watching movies such as Breaking and Krush Groove he would imitate the rappers and the break dancers with aspirations to do what they did. Though greatly influenced by some of the greatest DJ’s in the game such as Jam master Jay and Dj jazzy Jeff, his infatuation with music didn’t stop there. He was then drawn into writing his own songs being influences by the best of the best MC’s in hip hop at the time such as Run Dmc, EPMD, Eric B. and Rakim, NWA, Das Efx, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Naughty by Nature, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap, MC Lyte, Salt n Pepa and many others. He would sing along to all of these artist songs and figured why not follow in their foot steps and make great songs of his own. He had a natural talent when it came to writing lyrics and delivering them and began performing in local talent shows, showcases and Clubs in the city, all the while still establishing himself as the go to DJ to rock the house. At age 12 Coach Cap began producing. He would make his own beats and then record
