crowd at the historic First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. In September 2011, it was announced that Marquis and his band made it to the Rawkzilla Battle of the Bands Finals. Rawkzilla is the largest battle of the bands in the Midwest. Marquis and his band came in second place out of 86 bands. In November 2011, he was awarded his second "Urban Finals Grand Prize" by MTV partner company Ourstage.com for his song "Lovelee Day" featuring singer/songwriter Gabrielle Samone. Marquis released his single "Soul Glo" January 1, 2012. The single showed his boastful side with lyrics like "Too big for these rappers coming from the Sota, give up, let go, stop that, it's over." In February 2012, it was announced that Marquis was selected as one of three finalist out of 236 entries in the annual "Are You Local?" best new band contest held by Vita.mn. He was featured on the cover of the Vita.mn magazine. In the interview conducted for the magazine Marquis stated, "I've always aspired to be someone that reaches the masses, I wanna fly all over the world and have stadiums full of people that love the music I make." The Are You Local? showcase and SXSW Send Off show was held at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, on March 2, 2012. Xavier and his band performed wearing Xavier's XM logo shirts and neon paint under black lights. "Rapper Xavier Marquis' set was arguably even wilder. His various backup/hype vocalists jumped around Marquis in their neon face paint, and his surprisingly metallic band pounded away, coolly mashing up Silversun Pickups' "Lazy Eye" in the set highlight "Maybe Something."" In December 2012, Marquis released his single "Show Girl". Shortly after the single release, XM released his first official music video. The "Show Girl" music video was directed by director Adam J. Dunn. The video told a dark tale about a murderous groupie. Discography Mixtapes The X-Files Mixtape: Episode 1 (2010) The X-Files Mixtape: Episode 2 (2011) Singles "Dangerous" (2009) "Hate Me" (December 2009) "Paradise" (January 2010) "You Killin' Me" (July 2010) "Crazy Love featuring Sedrick Stylez" (August 2010) "Open Letter" (November 2010) "Lovelee Day" featuring Gabrielle Samone (May 2011) "Don't Want Know" featuring Munqs (June 2011) "Soul Glo" (January 2012) "Show Girl" (December 2012) Videography "S.O.S. (Spot Me)" (2010) Directed by Corey Lawson "Show Girl" (2012) Directed by Adam J. Dunn Past live performance band members Dave