Marcus R. Grant is a professional drummer, percussionist, musicologist, and educator from West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is currently a Brown University Ph.D candidate in Musicology & Ethnomusicology with a secondary certificate study in the Department of Africana Studies. Grant holds a bachelor’s in jazz performance from Temple University, a Master’s jazz performance, a Master’s in musicology from the University of Miami (FL), and a Master’s in musicology and ethnomusicology from Brown University. His research focuses on Black American protest music which includes hip-hop, gospel, and jazz studies. As a performer, Grant has shared the stage with Shelly Berg, Victor Goines, Warren Wolf, Dave Liebman, Nestor Torres, Ben Wolfe, Nicki Parrott among others.