North Carolina emcee Marak Steele is back with a new visual for his recently released single, “Chip.” If the track sounds familiar, it may be because you’ve heard it play on ESPN’s hit First Take show throughout the month of May. Steele’s music was a regular fixture on the popular sports network as his single “Greatness” was featured at the Sports Center and used for the Heisman Trophy Ceremony, and his earlier singles “Not Like Yall” and “Greatness” also got ESPN nods.
Steele spits rhymes on “Chip” overcoming obstacles and pushing forward regardless of the naysayers. His flow is described as “a fervid sound long lost since the late 1990s, early 2000s,” as the rapper is known to pay close attention to lyricism. “This is for us,” says Steele of his latest single. “The underdogs, the highly doubtful, the usually slept on. A jam to bang out while we are relentlessly shattering the expectations they set for us. Never forgetting when it was low, and a constant reminder that it’s up now.”