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Kosine

For the Albanian village of Kosinë, see Qendër Piskovë.

Marcos Palacios, known professionally as Kosine, is an American music producer and songwriter. As a member of the production duo Da Internz, Palacios is known for producing songs such as Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" (2011), Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" (2011), and Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" (2014). From 2018, Palacios worked as a soundtrack producer for the television series Empire and Star, debuting as an actor on Star. Palacios has worked as a talk show host on BET's Mancave (2018) and Kingz with Kosine (2020).

Kosine
Kosine in 2018
Kosine in 2018
Background information
Birth nameMarcos Palacios
Also known as
Kosine
BornChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresR&B, Hip-hop
Years active2004–present

Life and career edit

Palacios was born in Chicago,[1] growing up in neighboring Maywood, Illinois and Broadview, Illinois.[2] After graduating St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, Palacios moved to Tallahassee, Florida to attend the Florida A&M University, majoring in music.[2] Later transferring to Columbia College Chicago, Palacios formed the idea for his production team, Da Internz, as a part of a class for his Business and Entrepreneurship degree.[3][4][2] Palacios, along his production team partner Ernest "Tuo" Clark, moved to Los Angeles in mid-2005, spending time between Los Angeles and Chicago while attempting to break into the music industry.[2] During this period, Palacios was hired by Columbia as a professor, teaching specialized classes in hip-hop beat making and music production.[2][1]

The duo's first break was produced six songs on rapper Mims' Guilt in 2009, including the album's lead single "Move (If You Wanna)".[5][6] The duo went on to produce music for hip-hop, R&B and pop musicians, most notably Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" (2011), Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" (2011), and the group's most commercially successful song, "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj (2014),[7] who were asked to add additional drums to the song by Minaj.[8]

Palacios decided to start a solo career in 2014, under the moniker Enrique Dragon, releasing his first single Out Here which was later performed by Luke James on the FOX TV Show Star.[9] In 2015, Palacios moved back to Chicago for a reset from entertainment and returned to Columbia College Chicago as the school's first Artist in Residence.[7] During this period, Palacios gave a TEDx talk on finding success at his alma mater in 2016.[3]

In 2016 when he returned to Los Angeles, Palacios became a host for Beats 1 Radio,[7] and in 2018 started work as a co-host of the BET talk show Mancave,[10] as well as restarting his solo career, now under the name KOSINE (pronounced 'Co-sign'), with the song "Your World" featuring JoJo.[11] From 2018, Palacios began producing music for the Fox television series Empire and Star,[12][13] and hosted writers camps for songwriters and producers to develop music for Star.[14] For season 3 of Star, Palacios made his acting debut as recurring character Lil' Dini.[1]

In 2020, Palacios worked together with Idris Elba on the song "Kings", which raised money for MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund,[15] produced Kelly Rowland's comeback single "Coffee",[16] and in September produced the music for a major Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign commercial.[7]

In May 2021, he released his first debut EP album "Truth Serum" over streaming services along with starring in a 28-minute music video visual album/short film of the same name, loosely depicting his struggles of finding himself after 10 years of success in Hollywood, narrating a powerful message in how he persevered above it all. The short film EP was also co-produced by Marcus Paulk of Moesha fame. The exclusive video release premiered on Revolt TV on May 7, 2021.[17]

Personal life edit

Palacios' father was Guatemalan Olympiad Teodoro Palacios, who immigrated to Chicago in 1970.[18] His mother was originally from Panama.[9]

Filmography edit

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2018 BET's Mancave[10] Himself (co-host)
2018 Sidewalks Entertainment Himself Episode "The Stars of Mancave"
2018–2019 Star Lil' Dini Recurring (season 3)[1]
2020–present Kingz with Kosine Himself (host) Streaming show on Fox Soul.[7]
2021 Truth Serum Himself Album Music Video/Short Film (aired on Revolt TV)[17]

Discography edit

Albums edit

  • Truth Serum (2021) - EP Album

Singles edit

As lead artist edit

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Out Here"[19]
(as Enrique Dragon) 		2014 Non-album singles
"Grateful"[20]
(as Enrique Dragon featuring Problem) 		2015
"Your World"[11]
(featuring JoJo) 		2018
"One More Time"[21]
(featuring Problem)
"I Got Ya"[22]
(featuring Cinque')
"Everybody Vote"[7] 2020
"Kings"[15]
(featuring Idris Elba)

"Kings (Remix)"

(featuring G Herbo & Marcus Black)

2020/2021
Album singles
Title Year Album
"Transparency"[23]

(featuring Jeremih)

2021 Truth Serum

(EP album)

"Settle"[24]

(featuring Leon Thomas)

As featured artist edit

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Drill Queen"[25]
(W.W.A featuring Enrique Dragon) 		2015 Non-album singles
"Obey"[26]
(Juicy M. & Luka Caro featuring Enrique Dragon) 		2016

Guest appearances and solo production discography edit

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Grass Is Always Greener"[27] 2015 Ludacris Ludaversal
"Good Lovin"[27] Ludacris, Miguel
"Rollin' Like a Stoner"[28] 2017 Vic Mensa The Manuscript / The Autobiography
"Lurkin"[29] DaniLeigh Summer with Friends
"Man Now"[30] G Herbo Humble Beast
"This n That"[30] G Herbo, Lil Yachty, Jeremih
"Stay Where You Are"[31] Tank Savage
"You Got It"[32] Young Sparrow and DJ Dragon Nutz Pitch Perfect 3 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
"Unbelievable"[33] 2018 Snoop Dogg, Ev3 Bible of Love
"Big Shoes"[13] Empire Cast, Yazz, Serayah Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 4
"Don't"[34][35] Tiffany Red Rollin' with the Homies
"Out Here Touchin'"[36] Star Cast, Luke James Star: Original Soundtrack From Season 2
"Aim x Shoot"[37] Star Cast, Luke James, Jude Demorest
"Right Moves"[38] Christina Aguilera, Keida Shenseea Liberation
"How Do You Feel"[39] Evvie McKinney Non-album single
"For Sure"[40] Star Cast, Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady Star: Original Soundtrack from Season 3
"Madonna"[41] Star Cast, Brittany O’Grady, Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny
"My Type"[42] Star Cast, My Type Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O'Grady
"Same Time"[43] Empire Cast, Jussie Smollett, Yazz Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 5
"Own It"[44] Ella Mai Ella Mai
"Rumble"[45] Empire Cast, Yazz Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 5
"All I Need"[46] Star Cast, Brandy Star: Original Soundtrack from Season 3
"Don't You Look at Me"[47] Star Cast, Evan Ross, Brittany O'Grady
"Yo No Se"[48] DaniLeigh, Bill$ The Plan
"Better Than Before"[49] Tone Stith Non-album single
"Lolita"[50] 2019 Star Cast, Kosine Star: Original Soundtrack from Season 3
"All Love"[51] Star Cast, Luke James & Brittany O'Grady
"Splash"[52] Empire Cast, Yazz Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 5
"Believe in Me"[53] Star Cast, Ryan Destiny Star: Original Soundtrack from Season 3
"Lean on Me"[54] Empire Cast, Yazz, Jussie Smollett Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 5
"Type of Way"[55] Sonta Hood Love: Vol. 1
"What It Do"[56] Star Cast, Kosine, Major Star: Original Soundtrack from Season 3
"Do It Right"[57] Empire Cast, Katlynn Simone, Mario, Serayah, Yazz Empire: Music from Season 6
"FaceTime"[58] Empire Cast, Yazz
"Let Me Live"[59] Empire Cast, Katlynn Simone
"New Again"[60] Empire Cast, V. Bozeman
"Ibiza"[61] 2020 Empire Cast, Yazz, Serayah
"Hakeem + Blake Battle"[62] Empire Cast, Chett Hanks, Yazz
"Lookin' at Me"[63] Empire Cast, Rhyon Brown, Yazz
"The Oath"[64] Empire Cast, Rhyon Brown, Yazz
"Coffee"[16] Kelly Rowland K
"Guerilla Warfare "[65] Deanna Non-album singles
"We Are Champions"[citation needed] B Howard & Vanness Wu
"Thirsty"[66] Good Girl, Mulatto Good Girl - EP
"No More Teardrops"[67] Vic Mensa, Malik Yusef, Wyatt Waddell Reprise

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