Marcel Somerville

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Marcel Somerville
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Somerville in 2019
Born (1986-01-07) January 7, 1986 (age 38)
London, England
OccupationRapper • Television personality
Years active2002–present

Marcel Somerville (born 7 January 1986), also known as Rocky B, Plat'num B or Bezzle, is a British rapper, DJ, and record producer and former member of 10-piece UK hip hop group Blazin' Squad. [1] [2] He is the founder and producer of Dmode [3] and has appeared in reality TV shows The Games [4] and as a finalist [5] on the third series of Love Island . [6]

Following his spell on Love Island, it was announced that Somerville would release a book titled Dr Marcel's Little Book of Big Love: Your Guide to Finding Love, the Island Way. [7]

Somerville presented numerous episodes of Trending Live! between January and February 2018 and he co-presented an episode of The Calum McSwiggan Show on Fubar Radio. [8] Marcel also starred on Come Dine with Me in January 2020.

He presents the podcast It's Not All Dad with Jamie Jewitt and Jake Quickenden. [9]

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