Kaponi's life was tragic in many ways. With no family to care for him, he had begun to live in foster homes from when he was 7 years old. His parents were drug addicts. He discovered his father's identity at same father's funeral. His mother was a heroin addict. Kaponi was raised by his grandmother until she died of cancer and was then put into foster care because no one in his family wanted to take up his care. In prison from the age of 13, at 19, he attempted suicide at the age of 16. Once when he was released from prison, he did live with his rehabilitated mother, but only for six months because she died of AIDS. Out of prison Kaponi participated in a program at Vida Independiente until he was 21, where he studied to be a barber. He has two daughters. Later in life he spent two years in a Florida prison for aggravated assault and Kaponi stated that protecting his family was the reason for assaulting the man.
Career
Kaponi has released one studio álbum, El Alfa & El Omega in 2018. He is also known for participating in productions with Don Omar such as , which include El Duro, Viviendo Con el Enemigo, and RX. He was also involved in a diss battle against Baby Rasta, Cosculluela and Arcángel.
Legal issues
Kaponi's first arrest came at the age of thirteen, on a drug charge, gun law violation, attempted murder, and liberty restriction. He was released when he was nineteen. In 2014, Kaponi was arrested for domestic violence, and made a bail. In 2016, he was detained because his car was not up-to-date with its transfer process, and in January 2017, Kaponi was detained for contempt on an alimony order. Kaponi was arrested by federal agents in 2018 on charges of armed burglary and assault. He was arrested on PR-143 in the barrio of Hayales, Coamo, Puerto Rico, and extradited to Florida. He was charged with attacking barber, Jon Erik Baez-Molano, at the Custom Kuts establishment in Winter Haven, Florida on July 28, 2017, with a metal pipe and a piece of wood. He and another person took the barber's wallet. After two years in prison, Kendo was released and interviewed by Primer Impacto, where he said he had beat the man because the man had hurt his son and not to rob him.
