Born and raised as a Chicago native, Tony was heavily influenced by the rhythms and soulful sounds of Hip Hop and R&B early in life. He began singing at an early age, and soon after began polishing his rap style, and painting lyrical pictures using the microphone as his brush. Never picking up a pen or a pad to do so, he began recording a massive range of materials. As a product of the Hip Hop generation, he learned to incorporate his melodic sounds to his innovative rap skills. This is why he was given the stage name of Tone Cupone, because of his smooth tones and “killa” flow. Tony has work and has opened up for some big name like ,Project Pat, juicy j, Rick Ross, Ti, Young Jezzy, 2 Chains, Twan da dude and more. He has always been a student of the performing arts so, his transition to acting came nature. He had some small role but his biggest roles to date came once he meet Jerri Lock the author and director of "is my heaven your hell" that's when he got his first role. He has been in Jerri Lock next two play "Bitter,Broken,B@#*$" and "Cougar Blues"