Denali was born Timmy J. Marcoux in Manchester N.H. on March 24th 1982 at the age of 7 he was introduced to rap music "My first clear memory of rap was my mom chasing me around the living room trying to take away my NWA Straight Outta Compton tape, yes i said tape!" -Denali from that time on it was just him and the music listening to such artist's as NWA, Public Enemy, 2 Live Crew, and more. as time progressed so did rap music and so did Denali after growing up through the death's of Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace and Tupac Shakur his love for the rap game grew listening to the artist's of the era from Boot Camp Click to Flipmode Squad, O.C., Mobb Deep, Nas, and the list goes on , Around that time Dancehall Reggae was on the rise and it wasn't below Denali's notice cuz at the age of 13 during class in Jr High he began writing Dancehall lyrics sometime after that those notebooks were stolen from his locker which some would've seen as setback not D, it only furthered his hunger f