As the TrackBoyz; Mark “Tarboy” Williams and Joe “Capo” Kent, managed by Jeremy Geffen Entertainment, have both produced and engineered several hip-hop singles and albums. Performing is how Williams got his start and was also eking an existence selling background beat tracks when he met Kent in St. Louisin 1997, and since then they have been producing beats together.
Williams and Kent started to be widely noticed as producers for Nelly (Cornell Haynes, Jr.) as “Nellyville” topped the Billboard charts in 2002. Nelly was one of the first rappers from St. Louis to break out nationally at the time, and his producers the TrackBoyz were major contributors to his success.
Williams and Kent have also produced projects for various artists including D12, Sean P, J-Kwon, Nappy Roots, and many others with Jeremy Geffen Entertainment. Soon after the TrackBoyz took J-Kwon under their wing they commenced to promoting his single “Tipsy”, quickly dominated the urban markets and crept near the topof the Billboard charts in 2004. Today the TrackBoyz continue to sign and develop new talent.
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