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MAR 2 acronym for Most Aggressive Rapper number two. The term was adopted by Maxwell J. Hydes in 1996 as his stage name while coming up as a rapper in Jos, Plateau state Nigeria. MAR 2, is one of the most famous alias for Maxwell Hydes, who also goes by the names, Henry Ifechi, Joseph Agwu, Red-Fox and Blackat. In 1992 while still a student of the Naraguta Grammar School Jos Plateau state Maxwell J. Hydes released a 3 minuets 25 second song titled "The Villain", the rap song had lyrics which was considered by some people to be very violent and contained explicit inappropriate words, most of his classmates accepted the song as a rap classic. following the success of "The Villain" rap song, Maxwell J. Hydes continued to produce and release more Gothic, gang related and violent rap songs. By 1996 his rap style had made him popular in the Music circles in Jos city. In June 1996, while Maxwell J. Hydes was recording the song "War Story" at the LENSCOPE Media studios in Jos, DJ Chico the Barge, noticed that the song was filled with violent lyrics. DJ Chico the Barge then told Rufus Ajayi (a producer at the studio) that Maxwell J. Hydes was the most aggressive rapper he had worked with. Maxwell J. Hydes heard so and decided to in include the remark in his song "Temptation X". "Cos I'm so ill, my words they just kill.                   all around me, fools run and scream chill.                    ask, Chico the Barge, you need an army.                    you get close, Most aggressive'll harm thee.                    MAR 2, that's what he called me! Maxwell J. Hydes performed on August 18, 1996 at the Plateau State Polytechnic Jos Campus, during a Hip-hop freestyle battle organised by the Student Union Government as part of activities to mark the SUG week. He was paired up against Mavos Luka AKA Ma-Gee in a freestyle battle. Maxwell J. Hydes Rap lyrics for the free-style battle contained highly violent and graphic lines, subsequently he defeated Ma-Gee. MAR 2 went on to "slay" 5 other Rappers to reach the final round, in which he battled and defeated Owen Effezena AKA Ace Monk. A mispronunciation of MAR 2 as Mac 2 by the Master of Ceremony (who at the time was DJ Stevo of Green-Glaze studios) before the presentation of the prize lead to a clarification by Maxwell J. Hydes, he quickly corrected DJ Stevo by stating: "I am The Most Aggressive Rapper number Two, I don't know who number One is, but tell all of 'em that I'm here and I'm coming for 'em." and crowd began chanting MAR 2!