For Marshall Couture (a.k.a. Calmplex) hiphop is about more than just making beats and writing rhymes; it's far beyond style or genre.
For him it's about rising to meet each challenge as it's presented.
It's about perseverance, determination and innovation. And he has over a decade of experience to validate his passion.
His love affair with hiphop started in high school. During lunch in his school cafeteria he overheard a table of classmates freestylin' and he was immediately hooked. He and his friend Abioseh went home that day and started writing rhymes. Soon they put together a crew and began creating songs under the name Left Side.
As their talents grew, so did their group. Armed with confidence, and an ever-increasing appetite for hiphop, Calmplex spent nearly two years writing rhymes, making beats and rockin' shows as part of an expanded crew called Jah Arsenal.
Now a full-fledged student of hiphop, Calmplex took his newfound skills to Zion Bible Institute where he studied Theology. It wasn't long before his passion for hiphop, now fused with intense Biblical studies, drove him to seek out other emcees to collaborate with. Between classes, on weekend and whenever they could squeeze in a few more minutes of frantic creativity, Calmplex and his new crew Harmonious Minds, were hard at work improve their skills: both in the booth and on stage.
After several members of that crew dropped out of college it became difficult for Calmplex to continue with the group, so