He grew up listening to reggae and dancehall music. Namely Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Alpha Blondy, Beenieman, Cutty Ranks and Chaka Demus and Pliers ...He always felt very passionate about reggae and dancehall music, but hip hop music sparked his interest into actually picking up a pen himself.

He started out in a group called G.O.D. mainly writing english verses. Using this as a stepping stone, he later on switched to dutch.. After forming several groups such as X2C and Line 104 he gained the most national fame with the formation he started with named VSOP.

Building up a resumé wich consists of 2 underground albums, 2 label released albums , winning a prestige award, touring nation wide and selling merchandise the group decided that each should go their seperate way. In the process of persuing his solo career CC switched his name to C2thaC which stated that he entered a new fase. This is also where he started to blend hiphop with dancehall. Being very versatile he collaborated with numerous musicians to attrack a bigger audience.With his website being build and him working on 2 mixtapes,(1 being an international mixtape)everything was hedding towards the right direction. It led him to form a group called Z4 (Zegevier). With each member having a certain expertise and drive ,they laid a foundation to create the tracks,that got them to tour succesfully across China with a crossover Pop Rock band named Shala.The highlight being the first western band ever to perform in a shaolin monastery.

After having experienced the love and recognition they recieved overseas,C2thaC realized that he really wanted to take it to a higher platform. After being a hip hop artist for nearly 16 years, He felt that his true calling was that wich he felt very passionate about …..Reggae/Dancehall. El Kapitan is born.

With this newfound energy and him embracing his destiny.And also having caribean roots (Aruba);El Kapitan puts his expierience to use and focusses on creating new material.Together with former r&b singer ,MJ who he meets in a studio they decide to team up,and become the Reggae/Dancehall duo…Jaheat. Afther hard work and perseverance his patients was finaly rewarded by given the opertunity to perform live at the first ever given reggae festival in Bahrain together with DJ Wicked. El Kapitan is currently busy recording tracks for several projects and will pretty soon come out with new material.