Cappadonna a/k/a “Cappachino The Great” and “Donna Cappa Goines“ is a founding member of the legendary Wu Tang Clan and a prolific solo artist. Writing since the age of 15, Cappadonna first emerged in 1995, spitting serious darts on "Ice Cream" and "Ice Water" from Raekwon's classic “Only Built For Cuban Linx”. The following year he dropped the urban classic 12" - "Drastic Measures and lent sizzling verses to “High School High” and “Don’t Be a Menace” soundtracks. His contributions to Ghostface's debut “Ironman” further assured his reputation of ferocious lyricism. “On a state sponsored vacation” for the Wu Tang debut, Cappadonna made his first appearance with all of his Clan mates on 1997’s Six Time Platinum "WUTANG FOREVER" and was featured heavily on the follow up “The W”
After touring extensively, Cappadonna returned to the studio for his first solo effort - 1998s “The Pillage” - which debuted at #3 on the charts and was quickly certified Gold. His follow-up - 2001s “The Ying and The Yang” - met with similar critical and commercial success. Staying vigilant in his support of The Clan, he then featured on over 25 releases including classics from RaeKwon, Method Man and Ghostface along with several of the Wu Tangs most heralded albums while finding the time to release another hit solo - 2003’s “The Struggle” - , ceaselessly grinding the mixtape scene, and performing for his fans around the world.
Known for his colorful slang and dedication to staying dipped, Cappadonna was dubbed as "The Papi Wardrobe King" and has never held back from his insistence on staying true to the musical form he has helped define. While disregarding or directly attacking any business or cultural elements he felt threatened the purity of Hip-Hop, he finds time to help bring up the next generation through his work with Theodore Unit and his brother Lounge Mode, along with his management team Honor Management Group. His upcoming solo album called “The Cappatilize Project” slated to be released July 2008 and six months after that he plans to release another street banger called “Slang Prostitution”, will be unleashed in early 2009 accompanied by a DVD called “WU TANG SAGA”
Since then he has released an album called “THE PILGRAMAGE” which was released in November of 2011, now as of recent he is working along side of Ghostface killah, RaeKwon on the WU-BLOC album with the group D BLOC.
Also coming from Cappadonna is a new mixtape in the making called Eyrth, Wynd, and Fyre soon to be released.
