Serving originally as a Hip Hop dancer, he frequented the New York City night life since the age of 14, socializing with the likes of Doug E. Fresh, Puff Daddy (Diddy), Mike Tyson, Red Alert, and others.
Mariah Britton and the Riverside Church Afterschool program he honed his skills as a leader and choreographer scoring 1st place at The Apollo Amateur night.
He would lend his talent for creating & spotting hits to influence records on Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt (Can't Knock The Hustle and Dead Presidents).
He released his own independent single with Fat Beats Distribution called Fighting Clocks Remix featuring Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian.
[1][2][3] As well as having the honor of hitting #1 on the charts in war stricken parts of the world with "By A Stranger" (i.e. Croatia), "Keep It Street" remained one of Hip Hop Legend, Chuck D's top 5 songs for 2000–2001.
The Wu-Tang Clan interpolated his music from a record he wrote with Easy Mo Bee (This, That & The 3rd; B-side to Keep It Street) on their last hit single (Take It Back) in 2008.
[7] In 2010, Ilacoin collaborated with Ski Beatz under the Dame Dash DD172 umbrella which ultimately led to him co-producing Smoke Dza's "Sour Hour", off the George Kush Da Button album (He was not properly credited for this work).
His latest work is featuring and acting as Executive Producer on G. Dep’s record, “DOPE” of the artist’s project, Lessons Never Losses, distributed by Roc Nation in 2024.