Marc Damon O'Neal

Marc Damon O'Neal (born 4 September 1972 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American hip hop/R&B musician, sometimes known as Marc Choice.

His family moved to Mount Vernon, new York in 1973, where he was raised until an early adult. Marc entered the music business under the advisement of his cousin Al B. Sure!. The two created several recordings for the 1992 Warner Bros. release of Sexy Versus that entered the Billboard R&B charts at #2 and included the singles "Right Now", "Natalie", and "I Don’t Wanna Cry". Unfortunately, the only song released by the duo was the song "Papes in the End", produced by Howie Tee and featured female artist Gregg Morris. Marc also did background vocals for "Fartman (Howard Stern)" in 1992 at The Hit Factory Recording Studios.

Marc Damon went on to produce the "Let 'em Know" (and the remix) for the Bad Grlzs1 in 1995 which topped the local charts in Los Angeles, California, replacing The Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs" as number 1.

Performances

Marc performed as a dancer for Al B. Sure! as Marc Choice in 1991 for the Butch Lewis produced James Brown Pay-Per-View special that included performances by James Brown, Rick James, C&C Music Factory, Bootsy Collins, En Vogue, MC Hammer, Bell Biv Devoe (BBD), Little Richard, and Quincy Jones.

Recent

Marc Damon resides in Brooklyn, New York and currently works in the financial services industry as a program/project manager. He holds dual masters degrees in business, one in Management and Information Systems (MIS) from New York University,2 (NYU) and the other in Organizational Leadership from Mercy College,3 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where he also holds a BS in Finance and an AS in Liberal Science.

Discography

• Al B. Sure! – "Papes in the End”
• Al B. Sure! – Sexy Versus (1992, released on Warner Bros. Records)
• Badd Grlzs – "Let 'em Know" and "Let 'em Know" [Remix]
• Deadly Ground EP (1995, released on SMG