Liroy

Famous for his aggressive, no-nonsense style, Liroy (or Piotr Marzec) is one of Poland's most important rappers and hip-hop producers. He has done wonders for the image of modern Polish music abroad, working with a bevy of western stars from Malcolm McLaren to Ice-T. He hails from Kielce, a small city in the south of the country. Growing up in a working class area of town, he began dabbling in his favorite art as a young boy in the early 1980s. It was a time when rap, much like most other western commodities, was almost unheard of in Poland. He kicked off his career as a stree...