Mark Carson

Jacob Ballington (born September 7, 1998) better known by his stage name Mark Carson, is an American Hip-Hop Artist/Audio Engineer from Columbia, South Carolina. He began making music at age 12, and started recording songs in his shower. Later, with the help of FatRat Da Czar, he built a full recording studio in his garage. Over the years, he taught himself how to audio engineer eventually mastering Pro Tools. Since then, he has recorded 3 mix tapes (The Carson Effect, The Freshman, Good Vibes) teaming up with other local rappers such as FatRat Da Czar, H3RO, J-Hype, Cole Conner and more.
Mark did local shows throughout his community working his way up through the ranks. In 2014 he opened for Slick Rick at Love, Peace & Hip Hop Festival in Columbia, SC. He continued doing shows throughout Carolina until August, 2015 he won a contest to go on a 3-Day-Mini-Tour in the DMV area. In September, upon his departure he released his mixtape Good Vibes and named the tour The Good Vibes Tour. His first out of state shows were packed with 100+ people in Clubs such as The El Dorado and Top Ten. On his return, he worked with local TV show Rap-A-Thon on Wach Fox 57 and landed more gigs in local clubs. In February, 2016 he did an 8 Day Tour in Texas called The Take Over Houston Tour (#thetakeoverhoustontour). Teaming up with other local artist, they did shows in local high schools and clubs opening for Trill Sammy. Mark is currently working on his fourth mixtape set for release in Summer 2016.
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