Musician Markee Steele Is On A Journey Of Reinvention

WUNC | By Anita Rao,

Published December 2, 2020 at 11:56 AM EST

Credit Courtesy of Markee Steele

North Carolina-based emcee Markee Steele recently changed his name. Formerly known as Mark Steele, a moniker given to him by super-producer 9th Wonder, Steele felt the need to change the course of his career this year. The ESPN-featured indie artist, formerly known as Mark Steele, started with a new stage name, then created a new label, Thee Marquee Recordings. Host Anita Rao talks to hip-hop artist Markee Steele about his new album, Time Heals.

And he’s released a full-length album, “Time Heals,” and a new three-track project with a self-directed music video, “3 Piece,” which he likens to a reimagining of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” Host Anita Rao talks to Steele about arriving at a new stage of his life as an artist.

Anita Rao

Anita Rao is the host and creator of "Embodied," a live, weekly radio show and seasonal podcast about sex, relationships & health. She's also the managing editor of WUNC's on-demand content. She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia Brown comes to WUNC from Washington, DC, where she was a producer for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A. She’s the creator and host of two podcasts, The Rise of Charm City and Hope Chest. Her audio projects have been featured on Scene on Radio, a podcast of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; BBC 4’s Short Cuts; and American Public Radio’s Terrible, Thanks for Asking.

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