J Will 06
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Spending most of my life in Passyunk Homes, South Philadelphia, where I first learned to love music. I've been rapping since I was 8 years old, and making beats since I was about 12. They wasn't real beats, when I started out. Just thrown together melodies on a casio keyboard and a karaoke machine. I have a great appreciation for Gangsta Rap, despite it's negative undertones. I incorporate that into my lyrics. With influences by Tupac, Dr. Dre & Ice Cube. My Beats or my music, is simply the PASSION. I love all music with passion in it. I incorporate and have influences mainly from old R&B and Do-wop, but others from classical music believe or not. Fight music, warrior music, you won't hear any dance riffs from me. What seperates me from my colleagues is that I hold on to whats' golden, while mixing it into what's new. You will see shades of gangsta rap, positivity and neo-soul, classic R&B, and alot of other things, blended into my music. As Pac does, I do what I feel and what I feel deeply. The Passion.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Not yet
Your musical influences
PAC, DRE, CUBE....(Three Kings of Hip Hop). Doo-Wop, Classic R&B, Master-P (old Master P none of that "Dem Jeans" and little Romeo stuff). Sam Spence (The dude that does the music for NFL Films), Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee Movies (Goodfellas, Summer of Sam ext....)
