Marc Nelson’s strong, musical pedigree tells its own, unarguable story. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he attended the prestigious Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). Nelson’s best-kept secret has been that he is co-founded the now multi-platinum-selling R&B sensation Boyz II Men while still attending CAPA. Not long after the group (then a quintet of Nelson, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary and Wanya Morris) met Michael Bivens of BBD, Nelson left the group and signed a solo deal with Capitol Records and recorded his debut album “I Want You.”

Two years later, Nelson left Philadelphia and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his musical dreams even further. He began studio work with legendary writer-producer, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds on Perri “Pebbles” Reid’s third album, “Straight From The Heart” and gained recognition as a songwriter and producer through his great gift for lyrics and melody. Following the Pebbles project, Nelson was privileged to be immersed in an amazing amount of session work with Babyface and when in 1995 Babyface wanted a lead singer for a new group called Az Yet on his LaFace label, the invitation to Nelson was irresistible...

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