Thelonious Martin

Thelonious Martin
Birth name	Malcolm Martin
Also known as	King Thelonious
Born	1992 (age 24–25) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Instruments	Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, Sampler
Years active	2009–present
Associated acts	Theo Martins, SAVEMONEY, Vic Mensa, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis MellowHigh, Curren$y, Chance The Rapper, A$AP Rocky, Da$h, Retch, Action Bronson, Mac Miller, Smoke DZA

Malcolm Martin, otherwise known as Thelonious Martin or King Thelonious is an American Hip Hop record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is also a member of the Chicago collective Save Money, along with Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper.

Malcolm Martin was born in 1992 in Chicago, Illinois. However, shortly afterwards he and his mother moved to New Jersey.

Martin states his love for music started when he was 14 after watching the late night network Adult Swim and hearing a song by late Hip hop producer J Dilla. He later became a fan of other Underground hip hop producers, most notably Madlib. After graduating from Montclair High School, Thelonious moved back to Chicago joining forces with SAVEMONEY, led by Vic Mensa. He began producing for members of the group throughout 2011 and in 2012, he produced the tracks "Ave." and "If Heaven is a Ghetto" for Odd Future's Hodgy Beats's EP Untitled. Later that year, he appeared on the Pro Era mixtape PEEP: The Aprocalypse, producing the song "K.I.N.G.S." performed by Joey Badass and Capital STEEZ

Later that year, collaborated with the Odd Future group MellowHigh for their single "Go" released on 4/20. In 2013, he began to work with rapper Curren$y on his mixtape New Jet City. Months after the mixtape release, he began to work with Action Bronson and produced 2 songs on New Jersey rapper Da$h's critically acclaimed mixtape V.I.C.E.S.. Later that year, he collaborated with rapper Retch for his mixtape Polo Sporting Goods, entirely produced by Martin.

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