Messy Marv, 2001
moses music (east oakland, ca) photo by d-ray Messy Marv’s nearly ageless face doesn’t tell an accurate story about his life or career. Having dealt with drug abuse and two broken legs after jumping out of four-story window, Mess has seen and done it all. With 30-plus projects in his catalog, Mess has probably said it all too. Never quite able to focus on his career with legal issues always looming, Mess spoke as if he’s finally ready to clean up his act in the January 2008 issue of OZONE where he went as far to say he’s changing his name to The Boy Boy Young Mess. One of the Bay’s most prolific rappers, Marv, despite having 12 years of experience under his belt, is actually just scratching the surface of his potential.
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