Trying to pick my topic was easy, when I think of the biggest genre in music I have to say that Hip-Hop takes the crown. Now when I think about my beautiful home of Canada and the biggest artists putting on for it, I would have to give it up for my man Merkules. Cole Stevenson AKA Merkules was born September 27th 1992, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. (Famousbirthdays.com) With the connection’s I have made in the game I was able to ask a few questions to Merkules thanks to Danny Thomas.

 

One of the questions I asked Merkules was when and why he got started in Hip-Hop. His response to this question was, “I was always a big fan of some of the bigger Hip-Hop legends growing up. I even bribed a guy that if he bought me a few CD’s I would let him date my Aunt. Anyways when I was about fifteen years old I started going to parties, and at those parties I would get super intoxicated. Somehow, I was good at freestyling while drunk. So, it started happening all the time from then on in. I met Snak The Ripper at one party and he heard me freestyle, he encouraged me to go with him to record.”

 

What was interesting about Merkules first night recording was how real some of the lyrics ended up being. The first night he went to record; some of Snak’s lyrics stated, “In this town you could get shot or stabbed.” When I asked Merkules about the scars on his face he said, “After my first night recording and hearing those lyrics, some guy almost hit us with his car so we flipped him off. He ended up coming back about 20 minutes later out of the alley with at least 8 different people. They came at us with machetes, that’s how I got these scars.” Now with the scars, Merkules being over 300 pounds and covered in tattoo’s, he is indeed intimidating. It fits his rap persona very well though, as he always rocks a snapback with a black SDK T-shirt/hoodie. He sounds like a beast and looks like a beast. It’s perfect!

 

You might have been wondering what SDK was in the last paragraph. SDK stands for Stomp Down Killaz, which is a label that Merkules is a part of. SDK is packed with many Canadian artists of all forms. This all ranges from Producers, MC’s, graffiti artists, and even skateboarders.

 

Merkules was making moves for years in the underground scene, but his remix to “Shape of You” and “Panda” got him widely known and into the mainstream. Merkules is a big guy, but he’s always owned it and has never been afraid to show it; By being funny in his videos with his body, or with food. He also says it in his lyrics, so people laugh with him not against him. In his Panda remix he mentioned, “I got Armen Hammer, I’m so fat they think I’m Santa. Tater tots and some Fanta, hoes saying damn like I’m Daniel.” (Merkules, Panda Remix, June 5, 2016)

 

Merkules knew from the day that he got jumped that he was done with the dumb shit and was ready to take music seriously. He said that’s why he got tattoo’s, so he would never have to work at a normal job again.

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/merkules.html