Marlon Becerra, better known by stage name M Dot Brando, is a Mexican-American Hip-Hop/Latin Artist hailing from San Francisco, California. Recording his first albums with a group named T.X.P. (Triple X Playaz), M Dot Brando soon became the group’s breakout artist. In 2009, M Dot Brando released his first collaboration project under The Beat Cellar titled "Bama 2 Da Bay", which featured Down South artist J-Dro from Birmingham, Alabama. A slew of projects soon followed: "Pick Your Poison" (2010) with San Francisco native King Reegz (Nasa), "On My Way" (2011), "The A Side" EP (2012), which included the single "Cable Cars" that was his first domestic popular song that got spins from several Bay Area online radio stations.
In 2013, M Dot Brando released "Edit Man", a project showcasing his audio engineering talents. The project was featured on Damaddhouze's Radio Station Top 10 list, and 89.5 FM KPOO, which is a staple radio station in Northern California. With the buzz at an all time high, M Dot Brando released "Misunderstood”, filming a music video and reaching a number of DJ's locally, and the song became his trademark track during live shows.
On Mexican Independence Day 2015, M Dot released "Latino Anthem" (music video), a tribute to all his Latino followers and all latinos alike. The song was featured on "International Dot" (2016), his 14th solo project, which made noise up and down California and Nevada headlining a 12-city summer tour (TBC TOUR 2016).
In 2018, M Dot Brando released, "El Movimiento" LP which contained a variety of different production styles spanning from Latin, Reggaeton to Trap, from Bay Area to R&B, accompanied with bilingual (Spanish/English) lyrics. El Movimiento is a Latin themed album that is accompanied by music videos "This Moment" shot and edited by Wooyeon.Bay (90XVision), "El Movimiento" shot and edited by Patrick Presto(Vcious Entertainment) and "Un Trago Dos Tragos" shot and edited by Kolepa which became the break out single on Youtube/Spotify with over 100k streams world wide.
In 2019, M Dot released "Boom", a bilingual (English/Spanish) club song and "Young Guns" which featured on the international film "Big Brother" which was nominated for "Best Foreign Action Trailer" at the Golden Trailer Awards. Additionally, M Dot Brando's "Mojito" earned a placement on TNT'S hit show "Animal Kingdom"(Season 4/ Episode 8).
In 2020, M Dot managed to rack in half a million streams releasing numerous singles including "Banana" produced by Stilla On The Beat in collaboration with DJ Lando 1.
Look out for M Dot Brando's latest single and video "No Me Rindo", a track depicting the everyday struggles of the LatinX generation.
In addition to being an artist, M Dot Brando and The Beat Cellar have donated to several charities including Haiti (2010) earthquake relief, Earthquake and Tsunami relief for Japan (2011), Summer Camp through Catholic Charities CYO (2012), NAFCON for the Philippines Typhoon relief (2013), The Maureen and Craig Sullivan Youth Center (2013), SavingMoses.org (2015), Totus Tuus (2016) and The Mexican Red Cross for earthquake relief (2017/2018).
In 2013, M Dot Brando released "Edit Man", a project showcasing his audio engineering talents. The project was featured on Damaddhouze's Radio Station Top 10 list, and 89.5 FM KPOO, which is a staple radio station in Northern California. With the buzz at an all time high, M Dot Brando released "Misunderstood”, filming a music video and reaching a number of DJ's locally, and the song became his trademark track during live shows.
On Mexican Independence Day 2015, M Dot released "Latino Anthem" (music video), a tribute to all his Latino followers and all latinos alike. The song was featured on "International Dot" (2016), his 14th solo project, which made noise up and down California and Nevada headlining a 12-city summer tour (TBC TOUR 2016).
In 2018, M Dot Brando released, "El Movimiento" LP which contained a variety of different production styles spanning from Latin, Reggaeton to Trap, from Bay Area to R&B, accompanied with bilingual (Spanish/English) lyrics. El Movimiento is a Latin themed album that is accompanied by music videos "This Moment" shot and edited by Wooyeon.Bay (90XVision), "El Movimiento" shot and edited by Patrick Presto(Vcious Entertainment) and "Un Trago Dos Tragos" shot and edited by Kolepa which became the break out single on Youtube/Spotify with over 100k streams world wide.
In 2019, M Dot released "Boom", a bilingual (English/Spanish) club song and "Young Guns" which featured on the international film "Big Brother" which was nominated for "Best Foreign Action Trailer" at the Golden Trailer Awards. Additionally, M Dot Brando's "Mojito" earned a placement on TNT'S hit show "Animal Kingdom"(Season 4/ Episode 8).
In 2020, M Dot managed to rack in half a million streams releasing numerous singles including "Banana" produced by Stilla On The Beat in collaboration with DJ Lando 1.
Look out for M Dot Brando's latest single and video "No Me Rindo", a track depicting the everyday struggles of the LatinX generation.
In addition to being an artist, M Dot Brando and The Beat Cellar have donated to several charities including Haiti (2010) earthquake relief, Earthquake and Tsunami relief for Japan (2011), Summer Camp through Catholic Charities CYO (2012), NAFCON for the Philippines Typhoon relief (2013), The Maureen and Craig Sullivan Youth Center (2013), SavingMoses.org (2015), Totus Tuus (2016) and The Mexican Red Cross for earthquake relief (2017/2018).