Marco Quezada Perezresident of the canton yanzaza (Zamora Chinchipe), is an urban artist better known as Marc Groot and above all to be pioneer of reggaeton in this part of Ecuador.

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That name just came to him this year from the national Assembly, after more than a decade of career positioning this diversity of talents of the Amazon people. “The National Assembly agrees to elevate the value and career of Marco Quezada and reflect on his authentic message and unique vocation for musical art, identifying him as a pioneer of reggaeton in the southern part of the country with an important record work that indigenous rhythms of the Shuar nationality, conveyed with a great sense of identity and belonging”.

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Why did you choose the urban genre? “Urban music was the first rhythm I heard and I liked it because his words are direct, that touched me a lot. The first artists I heard were the Ecuadorian Gerardo Mejía and the Puerto Rican Tego Calderón. Then I listened to other Latino artists because I like how they deliver their message, besides the rhythm”.

Marc Big’s music started playing with the theme I met her dancing, in 2013. “I feel like this song catapulted my character, it helped me make myself known, because it came out through social networks in the United States, Europe and Central America. They wanted to know who Marc Big was and especially what country he came from, what sector he came from”. Then the singer-songwriter let go buzz metropical melody that he presented at carnival events, campaign closings and with which he recently toured Argentina.

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Another part of his composition deals with social issues, starting with his Shuar identity and other issues affecting the country such as racism and corruption. An example of this is the song The truth, who enjoyed a great reception in the gaucho country, says Quezada. “I never thought this song would reach different places, it reached the ears of different people there in Argentina and they started to like it. So it was when an invitation came to my current manager, Chris Castro who manages all things there in Argentina, and he called me to go.

In Argentina, the Ecuadorian reggaeton singer had the chance to meet other benchmarks of the genre, such as L-Gante, with whom he would like to collaborate musically in the near future, as well as other Argentines such as Paulo Londra and the hitmaker Bizarrap .

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Marc Big in the National Assembly, along with deputies Isabel Enríquez and Virgilio Saquicela. Photo: Courtesy

Whoever he works with, Marc Big essentially has a great message: “I want to reach the city I come from with my music, and the guys around that sometimes they create opportunities to grow in the musical theme. we hope that authorities or outsiders support us, but I think opening doors, showing your project, having a plan, opening doors. I also want to reach out to other artists, because most artists do coverswhen we do covers we sing something that has already been created, so we can’t get competitive outside the country ”.