Unsung Lakeview legend Marcel Wade (better Known by his handle Cellski) is a self-taught keyboardist/producer and Bay Area rap veteran who started his rap career at age 13. In 1988, he began his career and recording music. He worked alongside well-established mixer and sound engineer Al Eaton (who also produced on albums Life Is...Too Short, Short Dog's In The House, and 99 Ways To Die). Al Eaton had a studio called One Little Indian Studios in Oakland and Cellski spent alot of his time there honing his craft and learning how to play by ear.
In 1989, Cougnut of I.M.P. took the young rapper under his wing and was thrusted into the spotlight as the warm-up act For I.M.P. performing his own songs in front of large crowds.
Within a couple of years Cellski finally put out his first tape Living In The Bay. The cassette featured 4 songs ( the EP's title track "Living In The Bay," "Living In The Bay (Remix), "It's Like That," and "A Better Way"). Two of which appeared on Cellski's 1995 full-length follow-up "Mr. Predictor" which has sold over 100,000 copies. After the unexpected success of his debut album, Cellski went on to release six more albums (Canadian Bacon and Hash Browns in 1999, Mafia Moves in 2001, Mr. Predicter 2 in 2006, Chef Boy Cellski's Culinary Arts Institution in 2009, Big Mafi The Don in 2011, and his current release Chemical Baby) on his own imprint Inner City Records.
Cellski's new album Chemical Baby is available now on iTunes for download!
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