His independent maneuvers paved the way and inspired numerous underground artists in the years to come. Roc Marci though, ever since the release of his debut album, already had a clear picture of the kind of artist he wanted to be. Nowadays, thanks to the mass diffusion of internet, this is much easier and financially viable. Promoting an album independently, without relying on a budget and the record label’s well oiled machine was complex and risky. When Roc Marciano released Marcberg the music industry still followed old patterns, radically different from today’s rules of engagement. The UN (Roc Marciano, Mike Raw, Laku, Dino Brave) Roc Marci’s raw and uncompromising view on Hip-Hop Roc Marciano would take inspiration from these cats as he was coming up, but he has revealed that his greatest influence was Kool Keith from the Bronx. Although Long Island isn’t as famous as other New York boroughs for its contribution to the Hip-Hop genre it has birthed some among the most legendary figures in the game, like Rakim and MF Doom for example. He took on the stage name Roc Marciano in honor of the undefeated Italo – American boxing champ.
However Rak, or Rocky as his friends called him, had a special talent for rap music and was encouraged by his older peers to follow the path of a career in music. This block has always been one of the poorest and most infamous in the city so inevitably young Rakeem (Roc Marci) found himself caught up in the street life. He came up in what citizens of the big apple call Long Island, an area further east than the better known boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Roc Marciano, born Rakeem Calief Meyers in 1978, grew up in New York in the Hempstead neighbourhood, specifically in the 100 Terrace Ave Projects.
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