Normally, when people think Michigan hip hop, they think Detroit. Rightfully so, Detroit has a rich musical history. But this young MC by the name of Willie the Kid, out of Grand Rapids, has been making noise on the west side of the state.
Willie has started to garner attention since he hooked up with DJ Drama and Don Cannon while attending college in Atlanta. Since he's worked with big names as well including Bun B. Poverty is a clear influence for Willie B, but not in the gangsta rap sense. He claims to not prescribe to the theory that a rapper must 'be hard'. But he also can't be categorized as an intellectual or conscious rapper despite being a recent college grad.
As a Michigan MC from Grand Rapids who hooked up with the ATL scene, he is certainly outside of the norm, and this uniqueness applies to his music as well.
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