Initially a gangsta rapper at the dawn of the 2010s, Merkules eventually drifted toward the elastic hip-hop of Drake by the close of the decade. The Canadian rapper built his following with covers of such idols like Eminem and Big Pun. Still, it was his original material on albums like 2017's Trust Your Gut and 2018's Cole that inched him toward the mainstream.
Merkules was infatuated with hip-hop as a child, but he didn't start composing his own music until he was 16. He started playing local freestyle gigs, including the King of the Dot tournament, under the name of Merk Mikz. He finally took the name of Merkules. When he was 20, he released the 2012 Canadian Bacon album, which was quickly followed by Bacon Bits. Hunger Pains appeared in 2013, and Scars appeared in 2015. He released Trust Your Gut in 2017, which was followed soon by Cole in 2018. 2019 saw the release of Special Occasion, an album featuring contributions from Paul Wall, DMX, Uncle Murda and others. Special Occasion spent time on charts, reaching number 20 on the Billboard Rap Heatseekers list.
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