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Tha Trademarc
Tha Trademarc
Birth name	Marc Predka
Born	April 21, 1975 (age 34)
Origin	Peabody, Massachusetts
Genres	Hip-Hop
Occupations	Rapper,singer
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	Trademarc Records
Associated acts	John Cena
Website	KurtAngleTNA.com/Marc Predka

Marc Predka (born April 21, 1975) better known by his stage name Tha Trademarc, is an American hip hop artist. He first came to prominence when he and his first cousin, World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler John Cena, collaborated on the 2005 album You Can't See Me.^[1] He also appeared in the music videos of the songs, Bad Bad Man and Right Now with John Cena respectively. He now works in the special education department at Maynard High School in Maynard, Massachusetts.

In August 2007, Trademarc appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Hard Justice pay-per-view as the "new boyfriend" of Karen Angle, later revealed to be a ruse when Karen and Trademarc helped Karen's "estranged" husband Kurt Angle win the match.^[2] He appeared again on iMPACT! the next week.^[3] While working with TNA he also re-recorded Kurt Angle's entrance music, mixing in a rap he did over a Lunatic Fringe beat with the TNA-composed "My Quest" to form the hip hop theme "Gold Metal".^[1] In 2008, he released his first solo debut album Inferiority Complex.

[edit] East Coast Avengers

In August 2008 Tha Trademarc collborated with Massachusetts rappers Esoteric and DC The Midi Alien to create the East Coast Avengers. Their group debut album Prison Planet was released in late 2008. So far they have released a controversial single "Kill Bill O'Reilly" showing their disgust towards Bill O'Reilly and his Fox News Channel show.^[4] Many times in the song they talk about O'Reilly's lies and constant spin on the truth. Michelle Malkin's criticism of the song led to the group recording "Dear Michelle" in response.^[5] They have released another single called "Hey America".

[edit] Discography

[edit] With John Cena

You Can't See Me (May 10, 2005) RIAA:Gold

[edit] Solo

Inferiority Complex (Apr. 4, 2008) RIAA:N/A

[edit] With East Coast Avengers

Prison Planet (Oct. 7, 2008) RIAA:N/A

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marc Predka My Life". KurtAngleTNA.net. http://www.kurtangletna.net/clients/marc%20life.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
^ "Hard Justice 2007 results". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/hardjustice07.html. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
^ "TNA iMPACT! results - August 16, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/070816.html. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
^ Wells, Steven (2008) "Rap group call for the death of Bill O'Reilly", The Guardian, August 19, 2008
^ Crawford, Byron (2008) "No, really, kill Bill O’Reilly", XXLmag, August 22, 2008

[edit] External links

Tha Trademarc at MySpace
Tha Trademarc (Marc Predka) at the Internet Movie Database
Tha Trademarc (Marc Predka) at TV.com
The Kurt Angle Awards Ceremony at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash) (featuring Tha Trademarc)

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[mylife-0] "Marc Predka My Life". KurtAngleTNA.net. http://www.kurtangletna.net/clients/marc%20life.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-05.

[1] "Hard Justice 2007 results". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/hardjustice07.html. Retrieved 2007-09-06.

[2] "TNA iMPACT! results - August 16, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/070816.html. Retrieved 2007-09-06.

[Wells-3] Wells, Steven (2008) "Rap group call for the death of Bill O'Reilly", The Guardian, August 19, 2008

[Crawford-4] Crawford, Byron (2008) "No, really, kill Bill O’Reilly", XXLmag, August 22, 2008

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