Marcellis is a Chicago based Hip-Hop artist who began his journey as a youth who moved around a lot. As Marcellis and his family dealt with hardships that were difficult to manage, he’d found a love for music when he was placed in classes to assist him with his grades but instead he began to write. During free-write sessions in school, Marcellis would begin writing his first rhymes. Feeling drawn by the words he wrote he shared them with his classmates and they encouraged him to perform his work whereupon he discovered the potential of his musical talents Growing up Marcellis and his family listened to and were inspired by non-secular music. At times finding himself on stage with his mother, sisters at church; Marcellis’ sole exposure to mainstream music was at school. After his first class performance, artists like Kendrick Lamar began to emerge onto the Hip-Hop scene and was an early influence on how Marcellis saw life, music and their intersection. As his curiosity developed, he dove deeper into his craft studying a variety of artists like B.o.B, Nicki Minaj, The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac Marcellis began to secretly unearth more and more of the Hip-Hop world. Summer Cherries debuted Summer of 2017, a project full of Marcellis’ friends. The project explored the playful sound of Chicago Hip-Hop and summertime in the city he followed the project with a string of singles that would only help augment his growth as an artist and help set the stage for furthering his career