Willie The Kid

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Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

The son of a DJ who was down with the culture from the start, Willie grew up in a home where Hip-Hop was the ideology of choice in Grand Rapids MI "We never got in trouble for throwing footballs in the house we got in trouble for scratching records or playing a rap record and saying swear words "Around 12 years old as his brother La the Darkman had its industry breaking through a deal with the Wu Tang Willie The Kid got her first laptop and really started writing this happened in late 1980 early 1990 - century, which he refers to as the "golden age" of hip-hop a period during which the music was in its purest form, Willie the Kid is a true author storyteller who's vivid descriptions bring its listeners in a zone to go along with him through the experiences of his life

Nowa graduate of Clark Atlanta University, Willie the Kid has completed the second phase of the artist's development: to understand the music industry, he sees this as the time to set the music industry on its ear "Hip-Hop is a beverage of choice for a thirsty people say young street Prophet of the status quo as he sees it gives to quench thirst, with no more than tap water Willie the Kid herald a return to quality, something which he believes begins with allowing artists to express their own voices with the help of his Atlanta-based Aphilliates Crew Willie The Kid circumvents many of the "outside forces" trying to stifle the creativity of artists by releasing their music independently something he has done since his college days with other Aphilliates