CapitalE1 (Capital-E-One) birth name is Emmanuel Akoto was born on June 15 1994. CapitalE1 (Capital-E-One) is an African-American, New York music producer, singer and songwriter whose electric music creatively weaves elements of R&B, soul, hip hop, jazz, bluegrass, folk, EDM, TECHNO, HOUSE, and DISCO into a sound thats earned a presence in the music industry.