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Cappadonna (born Darryl Hill on September 18, 1968 in Staten Island, New York) is an American rapper and a close associate of the Wu-Tang Clan. He came to record with the group after a visit to RZA’s Staten Island studio during the recording of Raekwon’s 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…. Cappadonna visited the studio during the recording of the song “Ice Cream,” and joked to RZA about him contributing a verse on it; however, RZA decided to take him seriously and allowed him to feature on the track. After appearing on “Ice Cream,” he went on to appear on another Cuban Linx track, “Ice Water,” and became a close affiliate of the Clan with several appearances on (and a co-starring credit on the front cover of) Ghostface Killah’s Ironman album. In late 1996, he appeared on a track for the soundtrack to Don’t Be a Menace alongside Ghostface, Masta Killa, U-God and Raekwon, and made several prominent appearances on the group’s second album Wu-Tang Forever in 1997, most notably on the stand-out lead single “Triumph.”
His debut album The Pillage was released in early 1998, one of the first post-Forever releases from the Wu-Tang stable, and received mixed but generally positive reviews. When the ne...
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