Mackinly Elie Aly (born March 31, 1989) who records under the moniker Intro, is an American Rapper and Producer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York in the Flatbush section. Being from a Haitian family music was a big part of his culture and soon became a big part of his life.
Intro developed a skill of rapping at the age of 14 in his freshman year of high school. After graduating Sheepshead Bay High School, Intro then pursued his dream in being in the music industry by attended the Institute of Audio Research ( IAR). There he learned about the music business, song structure, beat making , producing , and the list goes on. While in IAR Intro wanted to further his chances in getting his foot in the door so he had help from a good friend who aided him in getting an internship at Emi music publishing at the A&R department. There he learned about copyrights, publishing, songwriters, producers, managers, and how placements are made all under the direction of Omar Grant who was the Director A&R of Hip-Hop and R&B at that time. Soon after he left Emi he start interning for Chris Styles at his studio as an assistant engineer to later became a head engineer. There he worked with Lil Mo, Fabolous, Maino, Uncle Murda, Charlie Baltimore, The DEY, Dj Kast One, Sha Money Xl, Violator Management and many more.
Intro has also started his own movement which is called Crackmazterz and is establishing Crackmazterz Productionz. He has released countless mixtapes since 2006 from Crackmazterz vol.1-3, My Introduction, The Intern vol.1 and The Intern Vol. 2 which let the streets know that he is here to stay. Intro developed a skill of rapping at the age of 14 in his freshman year of high school. After graduating Sheepshead Bay High School, Intro then pursued his dream in being in the music industry by attended the Institute of Audio Research ( IAR). There he learned about the music business, song structure, beat making , producing , and the list goes on. While in IAR Intro wanted to further his chances in getting his foot in the door so he had help from a good friend who aided him in getting an internship at Emi music publishing at the A&R department. There he learned about copyrights, publishing, songwriters, producers, managers, and how placements are made all under the direction of Omar Grant who was the Director A&R of Hip-Hop and R&B at that time. Soon after he left Emi he start interning for Chris Styles at his studio as an assistant engineer to later became a head engineer. There he worked with Lil Mo, Fabolous, Maino, Uncle Murda, Charlie Baltimore, The DEY, Dj Kast One, Sha Money Xl, Violator Management and many more.
Intro has also started his own movement which is called Crackmazterz and is establishing Crackmazterz Productionz. He has released countless mixtapes since 2006 from Crackmazterz vol.1-3, My Introduction, The Intern vol.1 and The Intern Vol. 2 which let the streets know that he was here to stay.
