Artist description “It’s been a long time coming”, says Woo Child of his Hip Hop career. “I used to just write rhymes and never actually say them out loud, or even over a beat, and when my man found out I was writing he asked to hear it. I spit for him and we performed at Washington University in St. Louis’ ‘Sounds from the Swamp’ and the rest is history.” That was 3 years ago and Woo Child has matured into a well rounded emcee capable of mainstream success with the lyrical savvy of a Common or Redman. You hardly see a comparison of such different types of artists to describe another, but Woo Child brings something a little unique with his ability to command crowds with a wide variety of styles. Ever since he first started in 1998, Woo Child has made a name for himself by not falling into a category or niche. He stays outside of what you think he is, and is always pushing the envelope to where he wants to be. Not solely concerned with ear catching lyrics, but also the melodies in which cadences evoke when delivered correctly, Woo Child’s sound is really like no other. From as far as Japan, people have admired Woo Child’s ability to hit you with witty lyrics and still tell a story with the utmost sincerity. There are no boundaries that Woo Child will not cross in his pursuit of good music that stands outside the constructs of purely Underground or Mainstream. * * * * * Born May 5, 1980, Woo Child, a Flint, Michigan native, was surrounded by music. “My dad sang on the soundtrack for ‘Break 2 Electric Boogaloo’. I can remember breakin wit the older kids back when I was like 4. I wanted to be in the movie. Hahahah.” At age 5, his parent were divorced and the musical influence slowly faded. “When my parents separated, there was a void cause my moms wasn’t having all the rap around the house. So I mostly listened to R&B and had to copy tapes from friends and sneak’em back into the house.” At an early age Woo would write poetry as an outlet for his aggression and feelings. Without a true male role model, Woo found solace in his poetry. It wasn’t until age 19 that Woo started taking Hip Hop seriously. “When I got to college, I was into the Underground scene as hard as someone in St. Louis could be. I’d criticize a lot of commercial artists and people would be like ‘you can’t do it.’ So I took what I learned from my poetry and started to write battle rhymes, dissin everybody I didn’t like. I can’t even front, I was garbage, but I thought I was decent. I hated my college cause of some personal shit I wasn’t feelin was good for me at the time, and rhyming became my outlet,” says Woo Child. It wasn’t until summer of 2000 that Woo really thought he could do something with his new found talent. As he progressed as an emcee, he learned how to freestyle the summer before and set to record some tracks for a demo, which would eventually become his first release, “Double U Double Oh.” Of his first release, Woo Child said, “I say that joint as a full length demo. I was still getting the kinks out of my delivery and mastery of my own sound and not someone else’s. I wanted people to know me cause they thought I was nice, not cause I sound like their favorite emcee.” Starting off on MP3.com, Woo released the final version of his CD in January of 2001 for his ever growing internet audience, but the big thing was getting offline and rocking more shows. Woo would open mics and show off his freestyling ability while making valuable contacts with radio stations and DJs. Woo would make such a big impression on the clubs that off of his open mic performance he’d get invites back to headline a gig or perform with another headliner. “It was crazy,” says Woo of his club experiences, “I’d perform all of the dome, and get approached by local labels and I’d kick it with them for a while until they could do anything else for me, and I’d keep showing people what I could do on my own.” As the date for his first major release looms on the horizon, Woo is amped about the possibility of reaching more and more people. “I’m not really concerned with selling millions of records, and I’d be lying if I said that wouldn’t be nice, but I feel like on this album, a lot of people are gonna feel the subject matter and the overall vibe of the album.” “Bridge The Gap” in Woo’s own words is, “a look into my world, a sort of yin and yang. There is more to each person than just what they portray themselves as, and on this album I let you see a glimpse of all that makes me. Both good and bad, focusing on the contrast between things, for instance, the fact that I feel I’m from two cities, both Flint and St. Louis because of ties I have to both. Life and death, good times and bad, belief and atheism, love and hate, underground and mainstream, etc. and I’m trying to ‘Bridge The Gap’ between everything that makes me who I am. I am loving the reaction so far to the album‘s make up.” It goes without saying that Woo Child is out to produce quality Hip Hop for the masses, and with this type of creativity, he’s sure to make his impression.

Music Style Pure Hip Hop - Underground to Mainstream

Musical Influences Everything

Similar Artists no one

Location Flint, MI - USA

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