Marques Martin: the story and songs to start with

Marques Martin, a New York hip-hop artist shaped by self-taught beginnings and shifting perspective

Marques Martin is a New York-based hip-hop artist whose work is presented as self-taught and rooted in both Maryland and New York. The supplied sources describe him as a “self-taught rap experimentalist” and say he moved to New York on a scholarship to study music at The King’s College. Across the excerpts, he presents music as something that grows from experience, perspective, and self-embrace rather than a fixed formula. Start with the two listed songs below to hear how that approach is documented in release form.