Mr. Marcelo (born Jisaidie Hicks; August 13, 1976) is an American rapper who was briefly signed to

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in 2000. Taking his name from New Orleans mobster,

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, Mr. Marcelo released his debut album, ''

Brick Livin' ''Brick Livin is the debut album by the rapper Mr. Marcelo. It was released on July 25, 2000, through No Limit Records. It was produced by Carlos Stephens, Donald XL Robertson, Suga Bear and Ke'Noe. Though it was met with positive reviews, ''Br ...

'' through No Limit Records on July 25, 2000. Though it received good reviews, the album failed to make it very high on the charts, only making it to #172 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #43 on the

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Early life

Mr. Marcelo was born and raised in the Magnolia Projects of

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. He is the elder brother of rapper

Currensy Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he signed with the local record labels Cash Money Records and Young Mo ...

Music career

He achieved local success in 1992 with a song called "Hey P-Popper", which was a very popular dance at that time. In 2000 he was featured on the

504 Boyz 504 Boyz were an American hip hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, named for the New Orleans area code. The original 504 Boyz, Master P (as "Nino Brown"), Mystikal (as "G. Money"), Silkk the Shocker (as "Vito"), C-Murder, and Krazy, released ...

single "Whodi", and released his first album, ''Brick Livin, his only hit. In 2001 he released a second album, ''Streetz Got Luv 4 Me'', which was not successful. He released a third album, ''Still Brick Livin' '', in 2004 on his own label, Brick Livin Entertainment, and a fourth album, ''Son of Magnolia'', in 2006 on the Ball or Fall Records label. He has also released several mixtapes through Brick Livin Entertainment.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

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