With a strong Italian-American background, an education degree from SUNY Oneonta and notebooks of rhymes dating back to his years in Troy High School, Don Marko looks to explore his natural disconnect with the normative trends and ideas of the mainstream while at all times, characterizing his work with unique and creative rhythmic flows;his messages are embedded metaphorically and openly, and are always delivered with his distinct, upstate-infused accent. His musical mantra is simple andbased on critical self-reflection: “Learning Our Death by Living Our Dreams...L.O.D.” Don Marko and his L.O.D. team are geared for their most artistically productiveand potent year to date, with his third and fourth projects, “Inertia” and“Marty Funkhouser,” slated to be released this coming summer. From lyricism toproduction, to style and videography, it’s L.O.D.