Gender, Age: Male, 25



Profile Type: MC
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States



About Me: Drama Presents Willie The Kid: Absolute Greatness

Picture, if you will, the future of street music. The coming of urban culture led by an artist who was born to do it; a messiah, of some sort, destined to recharge and accelerate the pulse of rap music. Inspired by the essence of the craft, Willie the Kid is that artist. Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his is not the typical rapper's tale. Located two hours West and East of Detroit and Chicago respectively, West Michigan didn't have much to offer in the early 1980s. Like many urban areas, it offered underprivileged African-American people nothing but the stark contrast between their lives and that of their upper class counterparts. With limited outlets for the urban youth, fast money became the common alternative.

Yet rather than fall prey to the convenient access to drugs and violence, Willie The Kid uses the bleak landscape of his childhood stomping grounds as inspiration for his music and motivation for his career. The son of a DJ who was down with the culture from its onset, Willie grew up in a home where Hip-Hop was the ideology of choice. My father never did anything else, he says, "wasn't big on religion, wasn't big on sports. Wasn't big on anything, but the music." In my house, that's what we grew up to. We never got in trouble for throwing footballs in the house; we got in trouble for scratching a record, or playing a rap record and saying the cuss words. The result was a 4-year-old who became king of the playground by memorizing Rakim and KRS-1 rhymes, knowing that none of his friends would have ever heard the music to which he was exposed at home.

It was only a matter of time before Willie and his brother starting coming up with their own rhymes, making microphones from a pair of broken headphones, which they connected to a boom box. Around the age of 12, as his brother, La The Darkman, got his industry break through a deal with Wu Tang, Willie the Kid got his first notebook and truly started writing. This happened during the late 1980s, early 1990s, to which he refers as the Golden Age of rap music. With influences such as Nas, Wu Tang Clan, and Jay-Z, Willie the Kid is a true writer, a story teller who's word play and vivid descriptions put his listeners in a zone.

With the support of his Atlanta-based Aphilliates Crew, Willie the Kid continues to bypass the norm as he releases his music independently and builds his very own brand--something which he has done since moving to Atlanta and linking with fellow Aphilliates member DJ Don Cannon. You can catch the young street visionary making appearances on every Aphilliates' mixtape release from DJ Don Cannon's 28 Grams to DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz series. The future is here, right now: Pay Attention!

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	lele sexy is hell	Cleveland, OH	2 months ago
	showing yo page some sweet lips love

	FRANK-E_OGS	Atlantic City, NJ	2+ months ago
	whats good? im about to start useing my profile more, well we got this new mixtape droping soon called "new jersey nightmare" i got a blog on my page about it and a song on my player once u got some free time can u check it out for me and drop me a comment about it?? thanks: FRANK-E

	Bobby J	ELDRIDGE, IA	2+ months ago
	good to hear some fellow midwest talent.... check this... www.myspace.com/ehhhitsbobbyj

	MC - NaSty	GIBSONIA, PA	2+ months ago
	Check Out New Tracks

	GTentertainment	Little Rock, AR	2+ months ago
	check out da new fire an tell me wat u think

	THE-EQUAZION	RAEFORD, NC	2+ months ago
	ON SOM REAL G SHIT ID LOVE TA BATTLE YA KUZ EVN IF U SLAUGHTA ME IT AINT DOIN SHIT BUT MAKIN ME BETTA

	THE-EQUAZION	RAEFORD, NC	2+ months ago
	WILLIE IMA B HONEST BRAH I FUKZ WIT CHA DOG BUT LIKE SHO SAID DIS IS TRUELY A SITE FOR UNDERGROUND NIGGAS AND FEMALES WHO ARE SHININ WITHIN EACH OTHA N SPREAD THA LIGHT TO SHOW DAT HIP HOP IS ALIVE N DAT MAIN STREAM STUFF IS GARBAGE EVEN DOU WE FEEL SOME OF IT ITS TIME FOR TRUE ARTIST TA SHINE N I KNO U FEEL DA SAME WE JUS WANNA BE HEARD AND RECOGNIZED SO YOU GOT DA BREAD CARS CLOTHES JEWELRY BUT ROUND HERE RESPECT AINT GIVIN TA NO BODI

	L1L D	Madera, CA	2+ months ago
	was good.just hollain n sayin dat love 4 money slap

	Young Skizzle	NEW YORK, NY	2+ months ago
	It's Ya boi S.K. stoppin by showin sum love, ps don't 4 get ta add me ta V.I.P. playa..... GUN RU

	ForillaTheKilla	Truro Ns, Canada	2+ months ago
	What up kid lol Forilla

	Jessica Parker	Auckland, New Zealand	2+ months ago
	Hey. Your Hot! =P

	swagg	Lorain, OH	2+ months ago
	i hear u but i'm not impressed fam, u look like a fablous mixed wit the name gillie da kid...shout out to gillie but u aint music fam sorry check me out on youtube.com/ttalldashooter

	major41	Fredericton, Canada	2+ months ago
	Nice beat dowg... But the second cat on the track has to go!!! he's fuckin' up the whole track

	JbpJuice	Miami, FL	2+ months ago
	Shing Shing The Regime

	QualiT	Your Punches, Netherlands	2+ months ago
	i agree with the sho on this, you can brag around about your business skill and all that equipment you have access to, but lyricism with true punchlines is what you'll find here and not on your or any popular emcee's albums. good luck though in whatever you be doing.

	Yung Cam614	Columbus, OH	2+ months ago
	beats on deck....traxx on deck! soundclick.com/yungcam myspace.com/yungcam4 fukk wit me dogg!

	Yung Cam614	Columbus, OH	2+ months ago
	WHAT IT DO NIGGA! CHECK ME OUT YA DIGG! I GOT A LOVE 4 MONEY 2 LOL

	diamondlyrics	Saint Johns, AZ	2+ months ago
	whats poppin partna keep ya head my nig-im from g-rap too gun-rule get at ya bois oh)and muthfuckas on this site is weak pimp there is no friends all enemies get at me one!!!!!!!!

	Ms_Everything	San Francisco, CA	2+ months ago
	I like the song. I think its sad that you probably made this page to get support for ur album or whatever and you got a whole bunch of haters leaving comments instead. :-)

	capdim	Norristown, PA	2+ months ago
	CHECK OUT MY NEW TRACKS AND PLEACE LEAVE A COMMENT(THANK$)

	Inked Katana	The Shadows Of The Afterlife,	2+ months ago
	Somebodies popular...

	GEM	Detroit, MI	2+ months ago
	LOL!!! LMAO!!! OMG!!!

	Mythology	Saint Louis, MO	2+ months ago
	and...what happened to Damon Dash, Sandro?

	Intrigue	Sal Vicente, Cape Verde	2+ months ago
	so is this real Willie, or is it some asshole promoter that manages your page???? .....

	Damon	Colonial Heights, VA	2+ months ago
	p.s i was kiddin

	Damon	Colonial Heights, VA	2+ months ago
	hey your dope!

	Amsterdam305410	Baltimore, MD	2+ months ago
	i wouldnt mind battle my g?no diss

	SShorty	Bridgeport, CT	2+ months ago
	Um good song "Love For Money"...in 2 of your pictures it reminds me a lot like Fabolous, maybe because of the poses, but peace & keep doing ya thing... Shorty

	KuNSeALeD-WePPiN	Kun's Coming!!!, Oman	2+ months ago
	lmao to whoever the dude is who's talking shit, shut the fuck up. Never gonna make it? lmao I'm not trying to make it. Rap is a hobby to some people dickhead. You're on a battle site trying to gain respect in the 'rap game.' lmfao! Idk why I bother with you clowns. Send the audio challenge if you got a problem.

	CocaLeaf	Philadelphia, PA	2+ months ago
	LMAO!! @ deez dickheads postin. Yall dumb as shit. . DA NIGGA ALREADY SIGNED!! he don give a fuck about yall niggas on da computer. he got his bread already and his videos and his album. -DEAD- LMAO! yall wastim time like shit.

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