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In an interview session, the Bronx-based artist has made his intentions clear on working towards landing a major record deal

Getting a record deal is one of the biggest milestones of a musical career. It is always the difference between being successful as an artist and not amounting to one’s full potential. Every artist’s desire is to get signed to a proper record label that would handle the marketing, representation, and management of their career. Like every other artist, Marq Kenzo is interested in signing a major record deal, and the artist from the Bronx, a borough of New York, has made his intentions clear on being the next artist from the region to land a major record deal.

Marq Kenzo is from a decorated hip-hop background, including legendary likes of Grandmaster Flash, Fat Joe, and KRS-One. He is a fast-rising rapper that has shown his versatility and talent in going beyond the limitations and hurdles of the US arts and entertainment industry to reach the top of his career.

Speaking about his journey, Marq Kenzo had this to say, “I always dreamed about rapping since I was 13 but never really had the resources and funds to go to a studio. Hence, I resolved to stick to the streets, engaging in rap battles and freestyles. I noticed other people from my neighborhood doing music and getting really good at it. I watched other guys come through with recorded music, and it clicked to me to experiment with something. My first song was a drill song titled 52 the Ave, which was based on my neighborhood and the park I grew up in, and from there, I created a whole EP with six songs, released in 2020.”

Marq Kenzo attributes his musical prowess to drawing inspiration from 50 cents, Eminem, Chief Keef, Fredo Santana, Lil Durk, Sleepy, and Sheff G. However, Marq explained that when he is with the family, the playlist usually contains the 80s to 2000s R&B and throwbacks from artists such Jay Z, Biggie, Tupac, Mya, Beenie Man, and R.Kelly. Marq’s genre is drill music, a type of trap music often attributed to so much negativity.

According to Marq, “Drill music is not negative. It is people trying to express how they feel in real life. Quite a number of people have done drill music in the past, and it is time to do mine, although differently. I am not gonna do drill music. Nah. I will be switching from drill music to singing. I’d probably do one drill song a month, and then my fans would be getting straight singing songs.”

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Marq Kenzo music is available across several streaming platforms; Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.

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