Marcus Tucker was born on September 23, 1980, in Baltimore, Maryland. Marcus was raised in Pennsauken, New jersey , were he got heavily involved with sports and art. Although Marcus was very talented in the arts, he found that he was more interested in physical sports. Marcus made the varsity football and basketball team. He spent his weekend nights in Philadelphia night clubs with best friend Andrew Ramsey. There they got a reputation of being two of the best dancers from Jersey. In the summer of 2002, Marcus moved to Philadelphia in search for answers to his personal questions about his future. Marcus was invited to a summer long sleep event/sleep over called "Summer Jam". In summer jam Marcus learned the foundation of breaking. Improving at rapid speeds, he was asked to be a member of the number one B-boy crew in Philadelphia,"Illadelph Phlave". Quickly after, crew members Husian Zahir and Amra Ricketts introduced Marcus to Clyde Evans Jr. Owner of Philadelphia based Chosen Dance Company. Marcus began his hip hop theatre career here when he did his first theatre show in December 2002, in the "Philly Nut Crack up".In 2003 Clyde Evans was asked to chose three of the best dancer in Philly to do a hip hop theatre tour in England with Kopany Maliki called, "Hip Hopstory".Marcus was one of the three, and the other two were Husain and Amra. There Marcuus met Judi Mcarthy from Independence. Interested in his ability to teach and leadership qualities, Judi gave Marcus the opportunity to be in the driver seat. He directed and performed in a show called " Heroes", written by Amra rickets. Heroes toured the UK from March 2004 to August 2004 and Mat 2005 to August 2005. Marcus is currently back in the USA dancing with Face da Phlave entertainment, founded by himself and partner Kennith Thomas.
