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That was my baby before my baby but I didn’t call it an album. Like all my best ideas just pop into my head, that one just popped into my head but that whole project I recorded in my room. So I have the skits at the end with the wise men and it came organically, I just thought of it. I had this idea one day in the shower where the whole album would be like this train ride. And everything is real New York-centric at the time because I was back from school and I was trying to get back into the whole New York scene again. MC: I was trying to put together a cohesive body of work. I took it in and think it’s an incredible body of work, especially from a New York type of perspective. HipHopCanada: Lets touch on The Tunnel’s End. Even if I rap about some political shit or some deep shit, I’m always rapping that shit on some gangsta rap shit. Although I always liked Jay, Nas and Big… when I got older I started digging back into the older 90’s shit and that type of stuff. I got into a lot of gangsta rap shit because that’s what everyone was listening to at the time and that shit kinda shaped my style. From there, I spent time in Harlem as a kid so Dipset was a religion 50 Cent, G-Unit and that whole era. MC: Man, when I first got into hip-hop heavy I was really young and I remember Nellyville was the popping album at the time that and The Eminem Show. HipHopCanada: Who would you say influenced you creatively growing up? Who do you like vibing to? Who influenced your style? I just wanted to be cool and be down, so I started listening to hip-hop. Hip-hop in New York is different, everyone including the older homies. Like, I was a ball player, so just playing sports when I was growing up, hip-hop and basketball go hand-in-hand. So really, it’s just the culture in New York. Marlon Craft: Oh man, music is in my DNA, My dad is a jazz musician so he’s been putting me onto music. HipHopCanada: My first question for you is how did you get into music? He returned to the stage for one final high energy performance that culminated with him interacting and performing within the crowd.īefore the show, I had the chance to catch up with Craft to speak about his humble beginnings, his love of music, his album debut Funhouse Mirror, and everything in between.

After leaving the stage, it was clear fans wanted an encore, and Craft was quick to oblige. Starting out with a breathe taking freestyle to kick things off, the New York MC left it all on stage, performing older tunes such as “Brainiacs” ( The Tunnels End), as well as songs from his album debut.Īssisted by his childhood friend (and fellow New York artist) Ricky Motion and Craft’s drummer, he blew away the entranced Canadian fans who had made their way to the landmark Toronto venue. He put on a high energy memorable intimate show for his core Toronto fan base. This past week, Marlon Craft stopped at The Drake Underground (at The Drake Hotel) here in Toronto for his Fuck It We Out Tour. He dropped a crazy NBA-themed freestyle on Statik Selektah’s Shade 45 radio show-mentioning every team in his rhymes-and recently bodied Sway Calloway’s famed Five Fingers Of Death segment. The New York rapper has continued to turn heads and gain new fans with a steady campaign of unique and skill-bearing initiatives. In June of 2019, Craft released the fan favourite “Gang Shit.” The single, as well as the music video that dropped shortly after, views Craft taking on three separate roles: a racist white police officer, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and a black man serving prison time for an armed robbery. In 2018, he signed with Same Plate Entertainment, a Sony Music-backed joint venture lead by Jonathan Master.

“All you need to focus on is getting your shit amazing and undeniable.” – Marlon CraftĪlthough the seasoned MC had built up an extensive catalogue of big songs and videos such as “He Looked Like Nothing,” Craft would drop a few more EPs and singles before really piquing the interest of mainstream listeners and industry executives. The latter featured the singles “The Feels” and “New York Shit” (featuring Ramadiz), and charted briefly on the second spot of the iTunes Hip-Hop Chart just behind JAY-Z’s thirteenth studio, 4:44.

The young artist burst onto the scene in 2015 with his self-released, thought-provoking project Pieces which garnered him a ton of early praise from the hip-hop community.Ĭraft followed Pieces with his second and third bodies of work the so, what are you doing? EP, and his 2017 mixtape, The Tunnels End. Hell’s Kitchen native Marlon Craft is defined by this point. Every now and then, we are blessed enough to come across an artist destined to make an impact in this thing we know as hip-hop.