Wil b and The Political Power of Hiphop

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Wil b is a country born city bred artist with a multi-angled approach and talent in the true meaning of the word MULTI.As a former music industry professional this Pittsburgh, Pa., steel-town boy, went from rags to riches to rags and found himself creating the Political Power of Hiphop as a result of his tumultuous life.Following a growth experience, curved by a series of bad decisions and wrong turns, Wil lived a life on the streets leaving him homeless for nearly two years in Los Angeles. While Wil took great pride in his ability to stay clear and active, at times sleeping in the warehouses, at Reuters News Service, where he was employed, while still living homeless in L.A., it was on those same streets that he recognized the soul saving power of his beloved music, Hiphop, as, writing his pain into songs was his release for his frustration with everything wrong in his life and the world. It was out of this frustration that his debut political Hiphop classic anti-war single Dear Mr. Bush was penned.Then, on March 20, 2002, in the eve of the shock and awe invasion of Iraq, at the urging of a man passing out flyers for an upcoming anti-war rally with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Wil accompanied the man to the International A.N.S.W.E.R. offices were he submitted a demo tape of his newly recorded song. Before Wil returned to his girlfriends mothers home, where he had been receiving calls, he had received an invitation to ride along with Rev. Jackson and perform his song Dear Mr. Bush at the height of the protest. Wil a great admire of the work of Rev. Jackson used this time to introduce himself and his organizational structure for a Hiphop led activist organization focused on informing young people about the important issues affecting their every day lives in America, to Rev. Jackson and his and the Rev. responded by hugging Wil, around the neck in front of numerous news cameras and anti-Bush demonstrators, nearly 250,000 believed in attendance.From that day Wil b would go on to record more message music, as he calls it, about the real-life issues and stories of the disenfranchised in America, including kids at risk and education and important policies and decisions made in all areas of government, local to federal, impacting these struggling Americans.Now, nearly four years later, Wil b and The Political Power of Hiphop have played a significant role in the campaigns to block the Bush confirmation on Jan. 6th 2005, with Wils, Get Up On The Bus, a powerful retelling of the Ohio Voter Fraud scandal following the 2004 Election, again with Rev. Jackson, and Antonio Villaraigosas successful climb from City Council to the Mayors office penning the campaigns official theme song Brighter Day.The Political Power of Hiphop has a plan.PEEP: CHAPTER 1 of my DVD "THIS IS HIPHOP"!