Kodak Black, or Bill K. Kapri, is a controversial American rapper, best known for his singles 'Roll in Peace,' 'Tunnel Vision' and 'No Flockin'.


Kodak Black was one of the hottest young rappers to emerge out of Florida and was put on everyone's list of artists to watch for 2016. And Drake drew even more notice to the young rapper when he posted a video of himself dancing to Kodack's tunes on Instagram.

Below, is a brief history of Kodak Black's life and career before fame. That is , before he released his 'Lil B.I.G Pac' mixtape in June 2016, while serving a sentence. 

Even before he toured the nation, bringing his net worth to just over $300,000 and landing himself on the double XL freshman list for 2016. Kodak Black has continued to rap while in and out of prison.

Kodak Black was raised by a single mother in the projects outside of Miami, Florida. He took inspiration for his trademark hairdo from the character 'Crazy Eyes' in Orange is the new black. 

With some of the older kids on the neighborhood, he was rapping and dealing drugs. And when he was 15 years old, he was given a life sentence that nearly led to his permanent imprisonment.

Fortunately, a producer decided that he was worth investing in, paid for his attorneys, and then agreed to sign him to a major label.

He was rapping under the alias little black at first, but when he joined Instagram, he changed the little to Kodak. You may probably assume where he got that concept from, but as of right now, no one knows.


On June 11, 1997, in Pompano Beach, Florida, Bill .K. Kapri (born Dieuson Octave) was born. His parents are from Haiti, but they moved to the United States several years before he was born. 

In the public housing complex known as Golden Acres, where many Haitians had emigrated, Dieuson was raised by his mother. Violence, drug abuse, and poverty were daily occurrences in Dieuson's life, and he frequently got into fights with Americans from the projects across the street. 

He began rapping in elementary school after being motivated by Lil Boosie's success story. When he was 12 years old, some of the 15-year-olds on the block invited the young rapper to come over and lay down some tracks because they liked what they saw or heard. 

However, Dieuson soon discovered that they were simply using a home to produce their music. It was a trap house, and young Octave was highly affected by their drug-running lifestyle.

Although he didn't start out dealing, the house quickly became his second home. He was referred to as "little black" by the entire crew; it wasn't the most creative moniker, but it stuck. 

He changed it to Kodak black after he joined Instagram and began rapping there. He joined the neighborhood rap group 'Brutal Young's' while attending Blanche Eli High School. 

He had already begun dealing at this point in order to survive. His father was no longer in the picture, and his mother just made enough money to get by. But a criminal life swiftly caught up with him, and at the age of 15, he was three times committed to juvenile detention.


Then in the summer of 2013, he was found guilty of a serious offense that entailed a life sentence. Fortunately, AD Julien, CEO of Dollaz and dealz label, had already noticed his talent and charisma and he believed the young rapper had promise and wanted to invest in his future. 

He paid the big shot attorneys money in order to have Kodak's sentence reduced to three years of probation.He was immediately signed to a DS label after his release, and in December of that same year, he unveiled his first significant state project.

His song was soon being played everywhere, and his first singles were becoming well-known across the nation. He started creating videos for his YouTube channel while continuing to get his high school certificate. Then, the teenage rapper's music video for 'No flockin' went viral and received millions of views.

Now since the demand for the song was so great, Miami's 103.5 the beat eventually played it on the radio. When Drake played it on his radio show, ovo sound, it was then given even more exposure.

But despite this incredible success, old habits  do die hard and it was still on that street hustle, in October of 2015, kodak was pulled over by the cops believed he had robbed an adult and a child.

He had a suspended license and marijuana was discovered in his car. Black was then detained for robbery, kidnapping, and possession of marijuana but was eventually released on bond.

After that, Kodak was approached by Atlantic Records, who made him an offer. Seriously, this young man gets a record contract every time he lands himself in jail. Although I don't advise it, he seems to have great success with it. 


He signed with Drake after releasing his album Institution that December. He has a sizable fan base and has been consistently releasing hits. He recently discovered himself in the 2016 freshmen class on the double XL cover.