Merkules

About

The artist

Merkules is the stage name of Cole Stevenson, a rapper from Surrey, British Columbia. He first performed as Merk Mikz and developed within Surrey's Stompdown Killaz hip-hop community before adopting the Merkules name. His writing combines dense rhyme patterns, direct storytelling, humour, and personal reflection, often moving between underground rap, pop-rap, and country-rap collaborations. Early independent albums include Canadian Bacon and Bacon Bits in 2012, Hunger Pains in 2013, and Scars in 2015. Trust Your Gut arrived in 2017, followed by Cole in 2018, Special Occasion in 2019, and the collaborative Force of Habit and solo Apply Pressure projects in 2020. Survivor's Guilt was released through Merkules Music Inc. in April 2025. A March 2026 CBC interview identifies it as his Death Row debut and describes Merkules as the only Canadian artist signed to the label. The interview also documents his current touring with Snoop Dogg and his West Coast Canadian career. Current artist-controlled and provider profiles continue to identify Surrey, British Columbia, while the official Merkules site carries active tour and Survivor's Guilt material. The exact Spotify identity 4oYZcPoj3q3DneXomtQBzg contains 177 principal album and single containers from September 2012 through July 13, 2026. Spotify classifies ten as albums and 167 as singles. The single count includes multi-track projects, remixes, freestyles, collaborative releases, and frequent 2026 releases according to the provider's container types. Representative releases are Survivor's Guilt, Special Occasion, Trust Your Gut, Scars, and Canadian Bacon. The July 2026 single Uphill with C-Lance is the most recent container in this exact provider snapshot. Apple Music artist 519800366 independently matches the identity, Surrey location, catalog, and active status. Current Spotify editorial material describes the 2025 album's collaborators and the artist's Death Row relationship without changing the fact that the principal releases are issued through Merkules Music Inc. Production work by C-Lance and other collaborators is not attributed to Merkules, so the profile remains in the artist directory only. Professional inquiries route through the official artist website without reproducing direct contact details. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback.