Her music combines traditional Greek, Arab and Balkan sounds with urban elements, rhythm and production.

[1] Her father, Ali Osman Satti, was an Arab doctor-anesthesiologist from Sudan[2] and former deputy professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; her mother, Chariclia Filoxenidi, is a chemical engineer from Heraklion, Crete,[3] with ancestry from the Greek population of Asia Minor.

[3] In 2008, after studying with the baritone Panos Dimas, Satti earned a first degree in lyrical monody with honors and a first prize.

[9] In 2012, she completed a 3-year degree in jazz composition, contemporary writing and production at the Berklee College of Music in the U.S.A on a scholarship.

[11] In 2024, she started postgraduate studies in the field of Cultural Management at the Hellenic Open University.

She also performed as a singer of the World Jazz Nonet at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

[13] In 2016, Satti founded Fonés ("Voices"), a female a cappella group performing traditional polyphonic songs.

[16] In 2016, Satti released her single "Koupes" ("Cups"), which reached more than 28 million views on YouTube, and was included in Ravin & Bob Sinclar's Buddha Bar 20 Years Anniversary album.

"[18] Joanna Kakissis, an Athens-based correspondent for NPR, described it as "the summer hit that fills a generation with hope".

[20] Satti appeared at Google's “Europe On Stage”, in the Bozar (Beaux-Arts) Centre of Fine Arts in Brussels, as one of the 10 most interesting YouTube acts of 2017.

[21] In 2017, Satti curated a series of cultural events that led to the formation of the choir Chóres (pronounced [ˈkɔɾɛs];[11] a portmanteau of the Greek words for "daughters"[22] and "choruses"), consisting of 200 women aged 13–63.

[24] From 2017 to 2023 Satti toured Europe, the US and Australia performing at important festivals and programmes, such as the American show KEXP.

[11][28] She was internally selected by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and her entry, titled "Zari", was released on 7 March 2024.

[33] Additionally, it achieved number 1 on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube trends in Greece, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and Ireland.

”Viastiko Pouli tou Notou” (featuring Stathis Drogosis, Marina Satti and Fones)