Willie Faulk

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The first hip hop song I heard was “Roll Out” on the way back from a visit to my family one summer. I was fascinated; the comedy, the detail, the passion. No you don’t think “passion” when you here “Roll Out” or “Area Codes”, but I saw what it was over every vulgar bar, every creative metaphor; and that was self expression. I immediately started listening to Luva Luva, Eminem, Young Bloodz and Nelly. I remember vividly asking one year for an Eminem CD. I wake up that Christmas morning to find what? Will Smith’s “Willennium”. I knew every lyric to the extended version of “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme song that following spring. To this day I can interrupt the Fresh Prince reruns with a very cocky and confident full version that no one else knows but me. But it is safe to say my parents were not a fan of “that rap stuff”.


I kept a notebook with me in class and I would constantly write. I’ll never forget the day my mom and step-father found that notebook. I came in after school to them both sitting on the couch with a few they found. I wrote a lot. They sat me down and I tried to hold back laughter as my lyrics came out of moms mouth with clear pronunciation as she read from my notebook well into page 30 or so. I was grounded. I watched as they threw every bit of my writing I had accumulated in a span of the last few months. I was even more angry. I was even more fascinate. I was hooked. Read more over at WillieFaulk.com