I Know

Marquelle is a 20-year-old singer and songwriter from Greensboro, North Carolina. His submission, "I Know," bears the DNA of early 00s R&B, but is delivered in the dark, despondent style of more current singers like The Weeknd. You can listen to more of his music on his official SoundCloud page.

Read what he writes of himself below.

"At a young age Marquelle begin creating music after being influenced by the like of Usher and Chris Brown. His genre of choice is R&B and he writes all of his own music. Marquelle really began to pursue music after meeting a producer named Karl the Great at the University of Akron. They have created two mixtapes together the first entitled The Coldest Winter and the second is called The Prelude. They are currently working on the third installment in their series which is to be called In My Bag."

Quotable Lyrics:

I know your man doesn't treat you right
That's why you're over here every night
You love it 'cause I beat it up round after round
Kiss you u and love you down