Marko à  elià(Serbian: ÃÂðÃÂúþ èõûøÃÂ; born 22 January 1983), also known as MarÃÂelo (Serbian: ÃÂðÃÂÃÂõûþ), is Serbian rapper, singer and writer, known for his socially conscious lyrics and eclectic approach to musical arrangements through hip-hop music. A ParaÃÂin native, he moved to Belgrade, where he has had great success over the years, and became one of the most prominent Serbian hip hop artists. He has won numerous awards, including two Serbian Oscars of Popularity, two Indexi Awards and an MTV Platinum Award.
MarÃÂelo started making hip hop music in 1997, though his first significant contributions came out in 1999, with a demo band called Rhyme Animal. In order to pursue his solo career, MarÃÂelo stepped out of Rhyme Animal in 2001, and started to work with Oneya, the founder of Bassivity Music and one of the leading producers on the Serbian hip hop scene. Oneya recognized his full potential and MarÃÂelo signed with Bassivity in 2002. The first opportunity for a wider audience to hear and recognize his work came with 2003's Bassivity Mixtape Vol.1, to which he contributed two tracks, Definicija (feat. Shorty) and Snovidjenje.
His debut album, De Facto, also released in 2003 on the Bassivity label, came out to both public and critical acclaim, and he was branded as the voice of a generation. The album was full of criticism of Serbian society at the dawn of the new millennium and personal themes, which were delivered in a very sincere manner. In his single and video, KuÃÂa Na Promaji (A House On A Range), he deals with the assassination of Serbia's prime minister in 2003, police brutality, corruption and alienation amongst young people in the country. It was the best-selling hip hop album that year in Serbia-Montenegro and the first post-war record that included collaborations between the new generation of music acts from former Yugoslavia: Edo Maajka (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Elemental (Croatia), Ã Â kabo (Serbia), "Bata Barata" ex Shorty (Serbia), Don Trialeon ex Trial (Serbia) and Disciplinska Komisija (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
Despite the success of his debut album, MarÃÂelo was unable to settle his differences with the record company, so he transferred from Bassivity to Multimedia Records (Universal Music licensee in Serbia-Montenegro) in early 2005. In December the same year, MarÃÂelo released his second album Puzzle Shock! (Multimedia Records), which featured the singles "à  arada" (Masquerade), "Otkucaji" (Heartbeats), "Pozerià ¡te" and "Novi Vavilon" (New Babylon). It topped the charts upon its release. This time his main collaborator was Dragoljub Markoviàalias Dr. Dra (ex-member of rock-bands such as Nià ¡ta ali logopedi, Block Out, X-Centar), who added some vocal parts, played various instruments and produced the album. MarÃÂelo also did some co-producing and arrangement work. The resulting sound was a hip hop with strong rock, jazz and funk influences, which estranged a minority of fans who loved what they considered to be the pure hip hop sound of De Facto, but it gained the admiration of many people unfamiliar with rap and hip hop. MarÃÂelo toured the country to promote the new album with a backing band Shock! Orchestra, taking part along the way in the EXIT 06 tour of the countries of the former Yugoslavia, and sold out a venue Serbia's capital, Belgrade. At his gigs, he is supported by several big names on the Serbian hip hop scene: Wikluh Sky, Ministar Lingvista (Real Skllz) and Nancy. With the addition of DJ Raid, a talented DJ based in Switzerland, this is the line-up of The Filter Crew. His first novel "Zajedno Sami" (Together Alone) was published during February 2008.
His third album, TreÃÂa strana medalje (The Third Side Of The Medal), was released in December 2008.
His fourth album, Deca i Sunce (Children and the Sun) was released on 24 December 2010, under the moniker "MarÃÂelo & Filteri". Album was released in parallel with his novel "Zajedno sami" (Together Alone) and poem collection "O ljudima, psima i mià ¡ima" (About men, dogs and mice).
On 31 October 2012 MarÃÂelo released a song called "ÃÂep" (Cork) within campaign of the non-governmental organization ASTRA, targeted towards raising public awareness and encouragement of competent authorities to be involved in fighting against human trafficking and work exploitation.
In 2013, he was cast in the Serbian-language version of Turbo as the title character, starring in the dub alongside prominent actors including Radovan Vujoviàand Dragan MiÃÂanoviÃÂ. On 9 October 2013 it was revealed that MarÃÂelo and his crew are working on new book-album titled "Napet à  ou" (Tense Show) and that release date is expected on 1 October. 2014. The album will have 18 tracks which are being recorded with contribution from over 30 artists. Three songs are confirmed to be singles from the new album "Laà ¾" (The Lie) i "Pegla" (Flatiron) and "Komplikovani" (Complicated).
Book-album was released on 1 October 2014. The Album contains 19 tracks while book contains lyrics, photos made during the album's conception. Along MarÃÂelo, authors of texts in the book are theater director Kokan MladenoviÃÂ, writers David Albahari, Mihajlo Pantiàand Pavle ZeliÃÂ, aphorists Dalibor ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, journalist and music critic Petar JanjatoviÃÂ, columnist Draà ¾a PetroviÃÂ, peace worker Milan ColiÃÂ, psychologist and psychotherapist Vladan Beara and ex NGO Astra coordinator Elena KrsmanoviÃÂ.
Following the release of the album, along with his Filter Crew collaborators, MarÃÂelo formed a touring band to follow them in promotion of the album. Napeti Quintet (Tense Quintet) consisted of experienced Jazz musicians, Violinist Filip Krumes, Pianist Aleksandar JovanoviÃÂ Ã Â ljuka, Bassist Marko Fabry, Drummer Aleksandar CvetkoviÃÂ Drama and Saxophonist Max KoÃÂetov.
On 30 December 2019, through his official Facebook page, MarÃÂelo announced the title of his next album, Nojeva Varka, with release date in 2020. The album will have 13 tracks written and performed by his Filter Crew and Napeti Quintet.