Robert Schwartzman is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola (the source of his old stage name) and his niece, Gia Coppola. His brother is Jason Schwartzman, lead singer of the band Coconut Records (also an actor and former drummer of the band Phantom Planet) and his half-siblings are Stephanie Schwartzman and cinematographer John Schwartzman. Schwartzman is of Jewish descent on his father's side and of Catholic Italian descent on his mother's side. Schwartzman attended Windward School in Los Angeles, California and
Marc Coppola (actor) let him play back to back Metal the Friday nights before 3 day weekends and Wednesday night before Thanksgiving under the name of "Dr. Metal." After WXRK switched formats Coppola left the station, eventually resurfacing at WAXQ hosting afternoon drive, morning drive, then late evenings. During the workweek, Coppola can be heard on Clear Channel's I Heart Radio "Big Classic Hits" format 10am to 3pm EST and "Classic Rock" format 6am-10am EST Weekend mornings. He does the swing shift on both WAXQ and Q104.3 and WLTW 106.7 LITE FM and can also be heard on the station that influenced him