{"id":34777,"date":"2023-05-17T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/willie-j-the-artist\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:49:55","slug":"willie-j-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/willie-j-the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie J the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Monster from Baldwin, Michigan <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cMy town has history\u2026 [Baldwin] is resembled as the \u201cBlack Eden\u201d. Diana Ross performed in my town and Della Reese.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Willie J the Artist, Illa Propper Media Group <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willie J the Artist&#8217;s mission for musical artistry is to put \u2018underdogs\u2019 on the map. Coming from a small town like Baldwin, Michigan, he feels artists tend to be overlooked. However, with his avocation to create music, he has opened doors for artists from smaller towns to be heard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re monsters,\u201d he said. He believes that artists from small towns don\u2019t get the proper recognition because they come from a town that isn\u2019t heard of. However, he knows what he creates packs a lot of heat for any listener to understand what his artistry is about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I stumbled on \u201cVision Noir\u201d first on Instagram. Willie J mentioned that when he was making music around 2019, he focused on putting his work on GarageBand. He would send a beat to <em>Apparattus<\/em> , the founder of Illa Propper, then it would get reworked into the singles that are publicized, currently.\u00a0 Willie J described that the way \u201cVision Noir\u201d sounds is a contrast between intellectual and aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Right when Vision Noir was released, the Black Lives Matters movement was at its peak after the case of George Floyd. He believes it set the tone to tell them [the majority] why were they so afraid of our [Black] skin.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything has a purpose [when creating],\u201d Willie J the Artist explained. \u201cIt\u2019s how I express myself fully, and my growth with my industry and self.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willie J the Artist&#8217;s musical influences are from a multitude of genres, covering country, blues, and R&amp;B.&nbsp; He explained that he is named after his uncle. His uncle exposed him to artists like ACDC, the Beatles, and Curtis Mayfield.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next project Willie J is working on is called \u201cGrowth Vol. I.\u201d This project, he voiced, will be a little different than anything he made. It\u2019s more personal to his growing pains and the necessary process of personal growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to check out his project when it drops, May 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willie J the Artist, being the advocate of small towns, shows that good quality music is produced in areas that seem unknown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Monster from Baldwin, Michigan \u201cMy town has history\u2026 [Baldwin] is resembled as the \u201cBlack Eden\u201d. Diana Ross performed in my town and Della Reese.\u201d Willie J the Artist, Illa Propper Media Group Willie J the Artist&#8217;s mission for musical artistry is to put \u2018underdogs\u2019 on the map. 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