Martin Lorenzo Santiago (born June 8, 1987), who goes by Marty and sometimes Marty Mar, is an American rapper in the

Christian hip hop Christian hip-hop (originally gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, gospel hip-hop or holy hip-hop) is a cross-genre of contemporary Christian music and hip-hop. It emerged from urban contemporary music and Christian media in the United State ...

genre. He is part of the duo,

Social Club Misfits Social Club Misfits, known as Social Club from 2012 until 2016, is a Christian hip hop duo from Miami, Florida made up of rappers FERN and Marty Mar. They formed their musical partnership in 2011 and released their first free album, entitled ' ...

, with his partner,

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. His first

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

, ''Marty for President'', was released in 2015. This was his breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts.

Early life

Santiago was born, Martin Lorenzo Santiago, on June 8, 1987, and he was raised in

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where he and

Fernando Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

established

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Music career

Marty's solo music recording career started in 2015, with the

, ''Marty for President'', that was released on September 11, 2015, by Social Club. The extended play was his breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it placed on five charts, while it peaked at No. 64 on The ''Billboard'' 200, No. 1 on

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, No. 9 on

Independent Albums The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' mag ...

, No. 7 on

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, and No. 14 on

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Discography

EPs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marty (rapper) 1987 births Living people American performers of Christian hip-hop Musicians from Miami Rappers from Miami 21st-century American rappers