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Author: Bless Mcfly

WHATS GOOD? I’M HERE WITH WILLIE THE KID, APHILLIATES MUSIC GROUP (DJ DRAMA) ARTIST.. GOT A CHANCE TO HOLLA@ HIM, SEE SOME OF THE THINGS HE GOT GOIN ON AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS HE WORKIN ON..

BM: WILLIE WHATS GOOD MY DUDE, HOW YOU?

WK: WHAT UP HOMIE? I’M GOOD MAN.. JUST MAINTAINING.. JUST GOT BACK IN ATLANTA.. WAS OUT CAMPAINING, BEEN ON THE ROAD GRINDING.. ABOUT TO GET BACK TO MAKING THIS MUSIC.. YOU KNOW.

BM: BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, WHY DONT YOU LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU FROM, WHAT HOOD YOU REP..

WK: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.. MIDWEST.. HOME OF THE CHAMP, “MONEY MAYWEATHER”.. HOME OF THE CADILLAC, HOME OF THE MOTOWN SOUND.. ALOT OF GREAT THINGS COMIN OUTTA THERE MAN..

BM: THATS WHAT IT IS, MICHIGAN STAND UP.. LET ME ASK YOU.. I KNOW YOU DOWN WITH DJ DRAMA AND THE APHILLIATES MUSIC GROUP,BIG SHOUTS TO THEM, HOW DID YOU HOOK UP WITH THEM?

WK: I DIDNT GET DOWN WITH THEM..ACTUALLY, I AM APHILLIATES MUSIC GROUP.. I KNEW DRAMA BEFORE ANYTHING..BEFORE ALL THE GANGSTA GRILLS MIXTAPES AND ALL THAT.. I’M ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF AMG (APHILLIATES MUSIC GROUP).. I WAS THERE WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME AND I WAS THERE WHEN LIL’ JOHN FIRST CAME THROUGH AND DID THE “GANGSTA GRIZZILZ” DROP.. IT WASNT LIKE THEY (AMG) WERE ALREADY DOIN THEIR THING AND I GAVE THEM A DEMO AND THEY SIGNED ME.. I AM APHILLIATES MUSIC GROUP.( LOL)

BM: (LOL) THATS WHAT IT IS.. IM SURE ALOT OF PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THAT. THAT’S DOPE.

WK: WORD

BM: AIGHT, NOW YOU GO BY THE NAME “WILLIE THE KID” AND THERE’S ALSO THE MC “GILLIE THE KID”.. HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT ANY FLACK FOR THE SIMILARITIES IN YA’LL NAMES? DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?

WK: NAH, I NEVER CAUGHT ANY FLACK FOR THE NAME OR NOTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF MY NAME..I’M AN EXCEPTIONAL ARTIST, AN EXCEPTIONAL LYRICIST, AND I MAKE GOOD QUALITY MUSIC.. @ THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR NAME COULD BE WHATEVER BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE MUSIC THAT YOU MAKE..I DONT PERSONALLY KNOW THE BROTHER (GILLIE).. I ALWAYS BEEN WILLIE THE KID, SINCE I WAS A KID (LOL).. LIKE I SAID, I MAKE GOOD MUSIC AND THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.. THE MUSIC MAKES THE PERSON, NOT THE NAME.

BM: THATS WHAT IT IS. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFLUENCE FROM TO MAKE YOUR MUSIC?

WK: I WOULD HAVE TO SAY MY UPBRINGING. MY FATHER USED TO MAKE THESE LITTLE MIXTAPES, IF THATS WHAT I COULD CALL THEM, BACK IN THE DAY. HE HAD EXCLUSIVE RECORDS THAT NOBODY ELSE HAD. HE WOULD MAKE TAPES WITH PUBLIC ENEMY ON ONE SIDE AND NWA ON THE OTHER SIDE. (LOL). HE WOULD BE DJ’ING AT WEDDING RECEPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO, MY BROTHER LA THE DARKMAN, WENT OUT AND GOT HIMSELF A DEAL WITH THE WU-TANG CLAN AND AT THE TIME THE WU WAS THE BIGGEST RAP PHENOMENON OF THE TIME. SO ONCE MY BROTHER WENT OUT AND GOT HIS DEAL, IT KINDA MADE THINGS A REALITY TO ME THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE DONE. GETTING A DEAL AND JUST MAKING IT HAPPEN.

BM: ARE THERE ANY ARTIST OR PRODUCERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THAT YOU HAVENT GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YET?

WK: AS FAR AS RAPPERS GO, I WOULD SAY NO. I PRETTY MUCH LIKE TO KEEP THINGS IN HOUSE SO I ONLY REALLY WORK WITH AMG ARTIST.. MY BROTHER LA THE DARKMAN AND OTHER ARTIST ON THE LABEL.. PRODUCERS, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE GREATS.. DOCTOR DRE, THE RZA.. IM SURE THAT WITH THEIR CRAZY PRODUCTION AND SOUNDS, I COULD CONTRIBUTE GREAT BODIES OF WORK TO THE MUSIC GAME.

BM: ON THE TOPIC OF THE ALBUM “ABSOLUTE GREATNESS”, HOW DID YOU FEEL WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT?

WK: WELL IT WASNT QUITE AN ALBUM IT WAS ACTUALLY A MIXTAPE/ALBUM. IT WASNT QUITE A FULL LP. I HAD A LOT OF ORIGINAL MUSIC ON THERE SO IT WAS KIND OF AN ALBUM APPROACH..IT WAS REAL EXCITING THOUGH. I HAD A LOT OF MUSIC I RECORDED IN THE PAST, BUT AFTER THE FEDS RAIDED OUR (APHILLIATES) STUDIOS, I LOST ALOT OF MY MUSIC.. THEY TOOK HARD DRIVES AND MASTERS OF MY MUSIC.. SO WE RECREATED DRAMAS FIRST ALBUM AND A FEW OF MY EARLIER PROJECTS. MIXTAPES AND ALBUMS WORTH OF MUSIC.. I WAS WITH ASYLUM RECORDS AND AT THE TIME THEY WANTED TO DROP SOMETHING ON ME @ THAT SPECIFIC TIME SO I COOKED UP ABOUT 10 TO 12 TRACKS REAL QUICK AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.. “LOVE OF MONEY” WAS THE SINGLE, SHOT A CRAZY VIDEO FOR THAT AND EVERYTHING. SO OVERALL, IT WAS A REAL GOOD EXPERIENCE MAN.

BM: COOL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?? ANY TOURS?

WK: YEA DEFINITELY. IM ON THE ROAD CRAZY RIGHT NOW.. JUST GOT BACK FROM PITTSBURGH, MICHIGAN, VEGAS, NORTH CAROLINA.. I WILL BE IN YOUR HOOD REAL SOON.. I WILL BE ALL OVER MORE SO REAL SOON B/C WE ABOUT TO DROP DJ DRAMA’S ALBUM “GANGSTA GRILLS VOL.2″ ON MAY 19TH.. SO WE ON PROMO REAL HEAVY FOR THAT.. GOT LA THE DARKMAN’S PROJECT DROPPING “LIVING ON TOUR” ALSO..HE GOT A CRAZY WRITE UP IN HIP-HOP WEEKLY RIGHT NOW, CHECK THAT OUT.. IM IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON MY NEW MIXTAPE CALLED “THE FLY”.. ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SONGS FOR MY ALBUM COMING REAL SOON AS WELL. JUST MAKING THAT QUALITY STREET MUSIC.

BM: I CAN DEFINITELY DIG IT MY DUDE. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING OUT THE TIME TO KICK IT WITH ME AND QTHEQUESTION..GETTING THE PEOPLE A LITTLE MORE IN TUNE WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU GOT GOING ON. I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK ON ALL YOUR FUTURE MOVES AND KEEP DOING YOUR THING.

WK: NO DOUBT HOMIE. I APPRECIATE IT. 1

BM: 100!

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