Thelonious Martin

Thelonious Martin
Birth name	Malcolm Martin
Also known as	King Thelonious
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Origin	New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Instrument(s)	Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, Sampler
Years active	2011-present

Malcolm Martin, otherwise known as Thelonious Martin or King Thelonious is an American Hip Hop record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is also a member of the Chicago collective SAVE MONEY, along with Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper.

Life and career

Malcolm Martin was born in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. However, shortly afterwards he and his mother moved to New Jersey.

Martin states his love for music started when he was 14 after watching the late night network Adult Swim and hearing a song by late Hip hop producer J Dilla. He later became a fan of other Underground hip hop producers, most notably Madlib. After college, he moved back to Chicago and became a member of the hip hop collective SAVEMONEY, led by Vic Mensa. He began producing for members of the group throughout 2011 and in 2012, he produced the tracks "Ave." and "If Heaven is a Ghetto" for Odd Future's Hodgy Beats's EP Untitled.

Later that year, collaborated with the Odd Future group MellowHigh for their single "Go" released on 4/20. In 2013, he began to work with rapper Curren$y on his mixtape New Jet City. Months after the mixtape release, he began to work with Action Bronson and produced 2 songs on New Jersey rapper Da$h's critically acclaimed mixtape V.I.C.E.S.. Later that year, he collaborated with rapper Retch for his mixtape Polo Sporting Goods, entirely produced by Martin.

In 2014, produced half of Curren$y's mixtape Drive In the Theater. He later produced "The Ghost of Dipset" for New York rapper Smoke DZA for his album Dream.ZONE.Achieve.