Freddy Will
Rap/Song/Screenwriter
Freddy Will is an American rapper, producer, song/screenwriter and author born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and raised in Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa. His early years were spent playing guitar in church and re-writing Bible stories into plays for his local theatre. During the civil war in Liberia in 1989, he was exposed to violence there and he escaped the genocide by defending himself on his journey to Sierra Leone, his country of birth. For years to come, Freddy will be haunted by those experiences.
At the age of 13, he lived on refugee status in Sierra Leone until he integrated with relatives in the city of Bo, where he began to write and perform his own music in friends’ backyards. Rebels attacked Sierra Leone in 1992. He became friends with soldiers deployed in Bo Reservations; he ran their errands and did chores for them. One day while carrying bags for those soldiers in a rebel held area near Potoru, they came under attack and Freddy Will survived another first hand massacre. He moved to Freetown soon after, enrolled in school and began to perform his music at talent shows and school variety shows. His biggest influence was Naughty by Nature.
In 1995, Freddy moved to The Gambia, another West African nation and lived there as a refugee from Freetown for three years. While there, he performed at many talent shows in the cities of Serekunda, Latrikunda, Senegambia and Fajara. He later traveled to the city of Dakar (in Senegal) where he spent most of his time writing lyrics about the wars he survived. He became well known in the region as the ‘Sierra Leonean refugee who played hip-hop.’ He eventually reunited with his family when he moved to the United States in the late 90’s.
In the States Freddy settled in Franklin New Jersey and began to earn his keep. He held two jobs and after a brief introduction to the streets, hustled on the side while earning college credits at Raritan Valley Community college and later Edison Job Corps Academy where he obtained diplomas in Accounting and Hotel Management. He found a passion for Health Care at Robertwood Johnson University Hospital and later Somerset Medical Center when he trained and worked as a phlebotomist and Patient Care Technician. Forgoing his passion in music and theatre arts he worked earnestly with Oncology and Geriatrics patients for over five years and ended up caring for a quadriplegic student at Villanova University for a year. His health care experiences lead him to eventually establish The Freddy Will Hope Foundation (FWHF) which is a charity organization in New Jersey that raises funds to assist in the research and care for Oncology, Geriatric and Quadriplegic patients. Freddy Will returned to his passion in 2006 and began to perform his music again for the fist time in a long time since he left West Africa. He joined forces with an old friend from Freetown, Sierra Leone who now lived in Pickering Canada where he launched his music career in Toronto.
Freddy Will’s struggle reached new heights when he released a mixtape in Toronto, Canada entitled “Stay True” in 2006. The mix tape drew hype in New Jersey and Toronto which lead to him recording his studio debut album entitled “While I’m Still Young – The talking drums” entirely in Toronto. This album gives listeners an honest glimpse into his experiences on the gritty streets of West Africa and America. The album is released on Freddy Will’s own label Ghetto Breed Entertainment and is being promoted and distributed by Soulkiss Entertainment/dep/Universal Canada. The album has already created a major buzz among music heads, DJ’s and his worldwide fans not only in North America but South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Freddy Will’s only journey now is of a promising career as a true artist. He has transformed himself from being a war survivor into an artistic powerhouse. His fans are waiting… are you ready?
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