Dennis al capone biography on wikipedia
Dennis Alcapone, born Dennis Smith, is a Jamaican reggae DJ and producer..
Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants.
Dennis Alcapone
Jamaican reggae DJ and producer
Musical artist
Dennis Alcapone, born Dennis Smith, is a Jamaican reggaeDJ and producer. In , he received the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation from Andrew Holness.[1]
Early life
Alcapone was born in Clarendon, Jamaica.
He initially trained as a welder and worked for the Jamaica Public Services.[2]
Career
Inspired by the big sound systems that he had visited in his youth such as those run by Duke Reid, Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster, and particularly King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi, which featured the DJ U-Roy, and the Kentone sound system featuring DJ Pampado, Smith teamed up with two friends, Lizzy and Samuel the First, to set up his own "El Paso" sound system in [2][3]
With Smith as DJ, the El Paso sound system caught the attention of producer Keith Hudson, who asked him to record for him, starting with "Marker Version",[2] with singles following in the form of "Sp