Finn Groves Baldran a.k.a McCool is a French/Irish alternative rapper, actor, film director and producer. He is one of the co-founders and member of the international rap collective, APT.70. This collective includes the following rappers: VNWLDR, J.R.Z, Psychov, Hotdilla & Kodeilly.
Born in Paris in 1996, and raised in Seine-et-Marne, Finn then moved to Ireland to graduate in Creative Media Production at the North West Regional College, in Derry.
During that time, he also graduated Film Direction Masterclass at the BFI Film Academy. He then moved forward to study International Film Directing at the Warsaw Film School, in Poland.
After leaving for creative differences, Finn went forward in working for Netflix and HBO Polska as a production assistant on many different shows and movies such as Wataha and Nina by Olga Chajdas.
At the end of his contract, he then decided to follow his long term dream with his fellow friends to found their own international rap collective, APT.70.
McCool has since released a debut EP, Hyper which was produced by St. Elmo.
A follow up EP was released in August and produced exclusively by MadKid from MadCity label.
