Soul Inscribed[1] was formed by Baba Israel,[2] who was raised in NYC by parents who were core members of "The Living Theater".
Baba and Yako then began to work on and release albums together which include, Force of Life, Beatbox Dub Poetics, and Highest Degree.
Baba and Yako did music teaching at "The Door" community center in New York City where they met 17-year-old RnB-Soul Singer-Songwriter and Beatboxer, Jonathan "Duv" Zaragoza.
Duv then began teaching beatboxing and song writing workshops and gigging at various well known New York venues such as "The Blue Note", "Highline Ballroom", "Bowery Poetry Club", amongst others.
When returning to NYC, he collaborated with[5] "The Kung-Fu Masters" meeting Saxophonist Sean Nowell, who served as a session performer for the group before joining full-time.