I came across some new dope music this past weekend thanks to my man Nate. Hailing from northern VA TooFlyy can has story to tell that's slight different from other rappers you might of heard of. While only in his mid 20's TooFlyy has already beat cancer and an attempted murder case. Take a listen and see for yourself off of his latest mixtape Whoever Knew and check out his video for "Real Nigga Der". Bio Below.
Marcel Quinn-Parker better known as “TooFlyy” is an
aspiring artist from Virginia. He was born June 24th 1992
in Lee County Ft Myers Fl. He moved to Virginia when he was only two years old,
and lived there ever since. He grew up on the streets of Alexandria Virginia,
Fordson rd. /Gum springs region to be specific. He grew up in a section 8 town
home off of Jackie’s Ln and was accompanied by two older sisters Marlo L Quinn,
Marlette Quinn-Parker and his mother Karen M. Quinn. He attended Riverside
Elementary School, Carl Sandburg Middle School and West Potomac High School,
where he graduated in June of 2010. When Marcel was only thirteen years old
when he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. It was a cancer tumor the
size of a softball weighing down on his heart causing an irregular heartbeat.
The doctors were unable to reach the tumor through ways of surgery, which
forced him to go through Chemotherapy.
After going through Chemotherapy for two years, Dr. Greenburg announced that the chemotherapy shrunk the tumor and he was cleared to begin Remission. Marcel goes to get a checkup once a year and currently all signs point to good health. On the night before Marcel turned 19 years old he had his first encounter will the Fairfax County Police Department. Allegedly, he was at a club for his birthday with a couple of his friends from the neighborhood, and got into an altercation with a group of guys from a rival neighborhood. Words were exchanged and according to the police reports, “The members of 41 Zone recognized the victim, and asked him if he was affiliated with “7Woodz”, which Detective Storm describes as a criminal street gang in Fairfax County. The victim denied being part of the organization to the members of 41 Zone. Then, a 19-year-old man from the 41 Zone group approached the victim and rifled through his pockets, taking $160. The victim tried to punch the robber and escape, but his assailant pulled out a black semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at the victim's head. "41, bitch, that's where my head's at!" the assailant told the victim, before pulling the gun's trigger three times. No bullets were fired because the gun's magazine had fallen out.
The attacker then pistol-whipped the victim in the head. Escaping his attacker, the victim tried to enter Brookfield Plaza's 1320 Club, a strip club. But it was closed, and its owner refused to allow him inside. Returning to the parking lot, the victim was set upon again by his assailant and two other men, one with a metal pipe and one with a knife, according to the affidavit. The man holding the knife stabbed the victim, causing his lung to collapse, while the man with the pipe hit him in the legs.” Marcel was then apprehended a week later after the actual incident along with one of the two other suspects. Marcel was charged with Attempted Murder, Gang Affiliation, Malicious Wounding, Robbery, and Possession of a fire arm in commission of a felony. It was then four and a half months later when his case appeared in
Jury trial. On November 17th2011, Marcel was pronounced Not Guilty of the following charges, Robbery, Gang Affiliation and Malicious Wounding. He was found guilty on an equal or lesser charge of Misdemeanor Assault for Attempted Murder and Possession of a fire arm in commission of a felony. The jury sentenced him to 9 months Misdemeanor time
and a heavy court fine.
Marcel was released the morning ofNovember 18th with time served. A year after he was released from jail he began to record the hardships of his life. Music was always something that he loved, but he never knew that he would fall in love with making music. In the months to come he worked hard putting together his first mixtape titled “Whoever Knew”. On the mixtape Marcel speaks on his life experiences and his personal views on life itself. Growing up, his biggest hip hop musical inspiration was Tupac Shakur. More recently he has been influenced by Lyfe Jennings, Meek Mill, Drake and Wale, to name a few. His dream is to be heard internationally and to be able to touch and change lives through his music.
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After going through Chemotherapy for two years, Dr. Greenburg announced that the chemotherapy shrunk the tumor and he was cleared to begin Remission. Marcel goes to get a checkup once a year and currently all signs point to good health. On the night before Marcel turned 19 years old he had his first encounter will the Fairfax County Police Department. Allegedly, he was at a club for his birthday with a couple of his friends from the neighborhood, and got into an altercation with a group of guys from a rival neighborhood. Words were exchanged and according to the police reports, “The members of 41 Zone recognized the victim, and asked him if he was affiliated with “7Woodz”, which Detective Storm describes as a criminal street gang in Fairfax County. The victim denied being part of the organization to the members of 41 Zone. Then, a 19-year-old man from the 41 Zone group approached the victim and rifled through his pockets, taking $160. The victim tried to punch the robber and escape, but his assailant pulled out a black semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at the victim's head. "41, bitch, that's where my head's at!" the assailant told the victim, before pulling the gun's trigger three times. No bullets were fired because the gun's magazine had fallen out.
The attacker then pistol-whipped the victim in the head. Escaping his attacker, the victim tried to enter Brookfield Plaza's 1320 Club, a strip club. But it was closed, and its owner refused to allow him inside. Returning to the parking lot, the victim was set upon again by his assailant and two other men, one with a metal pipe and one with a knife, according to the affidavit. The man holding the knife stabbed the victim, causing his lung to collapse, while the man with the pipe hit him in the legs.” Marcel was then apprehended a week later after the actual incident along with one of the two other suspects. Marcel was charged with Attempted Murder, Gang Affiliation, Malicious Wounding, Robbery, and Possession of a fire arm in commission of a felony. It was then four and a half months later when his case appeared in
Jury trial. On November 17th2011, Marcel was pronounced Not Guilty of the following charges, Robbery, Gang Affiliation and Malicious Wounding. He was found guilty on an equal or lesser charge of Misdemeanor Assault for Attempted Murder and Possession of a fire arm in commission of a felony. The jury sentenced him to 9 months Misdemeanor time
and a heavy court fine.
Marcel was released the morning ofNovember 18th with time served. A year after he was released from jail he began to record the hardships of his life. Music was always something that he loved, but he never knew that he would fall in love with making music. In the months to come he worked hard putting together his first mixtape titled “Whoever Knew”. On the mixtape Marcel speaks on his life experiences and his personal views on life itself. Growing up, his biggest hip hop musical inspiration was Tupac Shakur. More recently he has been influenced by Lyfe Jennings, Meek Mill, Drake and Wale, to name a few. His dream is to be heard internationally and to be able to touch and change lives through his music.
Posted By: @DM_JeeVansWorld @KingJeeVan
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