Marrick Smith was born in the home of Wu-Tang Clan and most of the NYPD. He is the son of a cop and a therapist.(we’ll unpack that another time)...The cultural dissonance that he grew up in has provided him with a unique perspective that influences all of his writing. He is the first young man in his family to not be a member of the NYPD. Marrick’s influences include Damien rice, the Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem, Jeff Buckley, Glenn Hansard, Duncan Sheik, Imagine Dragons and many more. 
 Currently Marrick is an Actor Singer-Songwriter on the First National Tour of the six time Tony award winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. He plays the Tony Nominated role of Connor Murphy for sold out crowds eight times a week. His First Broadway show was the Five time Tony award winning musical Fun Home in 2015. ‍ As a songwriter Marrick has benefited from watching great composers and lyricists like Pasek and Paul, Jeanine Tesori, Duncan Sheik, Lisa Kron, Lauren Pritchard, Pete Mills, and many more. 
 Marrick spent most of the the summer of 2018 on tour as a guitarist for Lolo. They played the Mile of Music festival in Appleton W.I. and several shows in Jackson, T.N. just outside Nashville. Lolo, an incredible artist in her own right, is also a co-writer on the recent #1 song High Hopes by Panic at the Disco and the recent #1 song on the Alternative charts Pray For The Wicked, also by Panic at the Disco. 
 Marrick ‘s most recent LP Bad bAd Man LP Bad bAd Man LP Has already been streamed over 30,000.