The Marine Rapper and Why Not Everyone Can Be In The Limelight

My Friend Raymond is on today, although you might know him as The Marine Rapper. I met him through my friends @redeemedladyrev @savannah_rae_ofsunshine and @abelovedsojourner .Show more

#1 on the Billboard Charts, Millions of views and downloads across the internet, multiple albums and boundless energy, how does he do it? In a short amount of time, we covered a lot and how in America, anything is possible because this is the land of opportunity .

About The Marine Rapper
The Marine Rapper is a 15x billboard charting artist, #1 Billboard Rap artist, the CEO of Ninja Punch Music, Military Musician & Marine combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

in 2021, The Marine Rapper scored his first billboard chart-topping hit when fellow veteran Topher featured him on his song, The Patriot.

In 2020, The Marine Rapper executive produced and performed on the World War Cypher, released Long Play albums: NighTMRica, HearTMRica, Space Force albums: Rocket Science, Jingle Bell Rap, numerous singles, and collaborations that are all available now on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Music and Spotify.

TMR has been featured on: Billboard.com, Coffee or Die, Drinkin' Bros, CBS Radio, Apple Music, Verizon, Vet Pivot, To The Point, We Are The Mighty, and Range 15 Movie Soundtrack. The Marine Rapper has performed at the House of Blues Vegas and hosted numerous live shows nationwide.

The Marine Rapper music recounts his military service, which can be sometimes humorous, over Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop, and trap production. TMR strives to motivate others, start conversation and immortalize his fallen brothers and sisters in music.

TMR also successfully crowdfunded an all-military compilation album Sounds Like Freedom Vol. 1 via Kickstarter. The full-length album was produced by Killavic, Double Tap, Brian Spencer, executive produced by The Marine Rapper, D.Cure, Topher & created by about two dozen other veterans.

The Marine Rapper served 10 years as a war reporter with infantry battalions during his deployments to Iraq and then Afghanistan. He earned a combat action ribbon in Iraq and an award for combat photography during the same firefight. He was also awarded the department of defense thomas jefferson award for stand alone photography, the highest distinction for military photojournalists and photographers.