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I remember clearly that day. It was novemer of 2003. I was at my sister's house, helping her with some homework. Still high school students, a lot of things we were more important than school. In one moment, she asked me: ‘ You’re, like, love hip hop, right?’ I nodded affirmatively. ‘Well, my friend burned me some cd, so I could give to you, if you wanna listen?’ I said OK. After a while, she had to answer the phone, leaving me in the room by myself, so with nothing to do I put the cd with the title De Facto on it in the player. And so it all began. ‘Kuća na promaji’ was the song that was heard. I became speechless. ‘What is that? Who is this guy?’ i wondered. Needless to say, further learning was over. I grabbed cd and ran home. The next few weeks i listened to it from dust till dawn. I find out that rapper is called Marchelo, a student of literature from Paraćin, only three years older than me. All i was thinking, he was able to fit in the form of poetry and express through rapping. I put him on pedestal as a spokesman of our generations. On the album there were numerous anti-war rhymes, songs of freedom and tolerance, songs of the criticism of the social, cultural and spiritual situation in our country, distorted value system , as well as songs about lost love, problems of youth, brotherly distance, celebration of hip hop culture. This cd was very important for me, because in many ways helped me to understand the world around me. Each rhyme has remained etched in my absorbing brain, affecting to become the person i am now. With his narrative style of rapping, Marchelo was able to give the point and meaning to everything. Thanks to this intelligent young man and his songs, many generations may understand what real values to be fostered are. And, then, live concert. All this songs heard on stage by the same guy who wrote them. I was the happiest teenager back then. I think no cd had such a influence on me to this day.

Of course, I continued to follow the work of  Marchelo. Now, he is one of the most respected rappers in Serbia. But this is not all. He has become a multi-media personality. Besides release of three more music albums, he wrote three books and published many columns in various magazines. He is a serious artist whose opinion is very appreciative.

It was announced recently that Marchelo is heading on tour with regard to  the tenth anniversary of the album De Facto! My brain enthusiastically accepted this information. I was at many of his concerts,  i've been among the oldest in the audience for long time, and he rarely performed songs from the first album. So when i found out about this, i immediately went ten years in past. Well-known feeling permeated my whole body and i screamed with pleasure. One after the other, Subotica, Beograd, and Novi Sad in the end.

I intend to go to all three shows. Cause, 10 years later, this album still remains among those with the greatest impact on my life. It's like honor for many years of loyality and tracking his work. If so, i certainly deserve that award.