BORN IN THE LATE 70'S, WILLIAM WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY MUSIC. MUSIC WAS LIFE FOR WILLIAM. HE BEGAN SINGING BY IMITATING FAMILY MEMBERS, RADIO, AND CHOIR MEMBERS. HIS PARENTS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED HIS EAR FOR MUSIC AND HAD HIM JOIN A CHURCH YOUTH CHOIR. ONCE WHEN WILLIAM WAS 12 YRS. OLD HE WANTED TO TRYOUT FOR THE ADULT AND MASS CHOIR AT THE CHURCH HE ATTENDED WITH HIS FAMILY. THE MINISTER OVER THE CHOIRS TOLD HIS MOTHER AND WILLIAM THAT HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO SING WITH THE ADULTS. THIS DISCOURAGED HIM, SO HE NEVER SANG AT THAT CHURCH AGAIN. WITHIN HIMSELF HE KNEW THAT HE COULD SING JUST AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN MOST OF THE CHOIR. AT AGE 13, HIS PARENTS WENT THRU A DIVORCE. THIS CHANGED ALOT OF THINGS FOR WILLIAM, BEING THAT HE'S THE ELDEST OF FOUR HE TOOK IT REALLY HARD. HE DIDNT SING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEN HIS MOTHER REMARRIED TO A GENTLEMAN WHO ENCOURAGED WILLIAM TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS AND DO WHAT FEELS GOOD TO HIM. SO, WILLIAM JOINED A YOUTH CHOIR AT THE CHURCH HIS NEW FATHERFIGURE HAD ATTENDED FOR MANY YEARS. THE GENTLEMAN INTRODUCED WILLIAM TO MS. CAROL-JEAN DAVIS. MS. DAVIS TOOK A LIKING TO WILLIAMS VOICE IMMEDIATELY. WILLIAM WAS UNSURE ABOUT SINGING WITH THIS CHOIR AFTER HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, BUT MS. DAVIS WAS DETERMINED FOR HIM TO SING IN THE CHOIR. HE WENT INTO A KIND OF SHELL WITH HIS SINGING. MS. DAVIS SEEN THAT WILLIAM WAS SHY TO EXPRESS HIMSELF WITH HIS VOICE, BUT SHE NEVER GAVE UP. SHE PAIRED HIM WITH AN ADULT CHOIR MEMBER BY THE NAME OF BRIAN SOTER. BRIAN AND WILLIAM BECAME A BASIC TEACHER/ STUDENT PAIR. BRIAN TOLD WILLIAM," MAN, YOU GOT A FIERCE RANGE, BUT YOU JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO USE IT, BUT IF YOU GIVE ME AND MS. DAVIS A CHANCE WE'LL TEACH YOU SOMETHING." WILLIAM KNEW BRIAN WAS THE PERSON TO GUIDE HIM. HE WOULD STAND BY WILLIAM IN PRACTICE, AND WHEN THEY WERE'NT SING IN THE CHOIR YOU COULD FIND THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH SINGING TOGETHER. BRIAN BECAME A HERO TO WILLIAM, HE WAS EVERYTHING WILLIAM ASPIRED TO BE. HE WAS A POLISHED SINGER IN A LOCAL GOSPEL CHOIR (MELVIN DAWSON'S CHOIR). THIS CHOIR WAS FILLED WITH THE BEST GOSPEL SINGERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AT LEAST WILLIAM THOUGHT SO. HE WANTED TO BE APART OF A TRAVELING CHOIR SO BAD, BUT WAS TOO YOUNG TO LEAVE HOME WITHOUT PERMISSION. SO, MS. DAVIS STARTED HER OWN TRAVELING YOUTH CHOIR, AND TOLD WILLIAM, "I DONT CARE HOW IT HAPPENS, BUT YOU GONNA SING SOLOS, AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT SOON." SHE BEGAN TO HAVE WILLIAM WORK HARDER ON HIS FEAR OF SINGING SOLOS IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWDS. IT HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT SHE WOULD HAVE HIM SING EVERY SUNDAY WITH ALL THE CHOIRS. FINALLY, WILLIAM BEGAN TO FLOURISH, HE SANG IN THAT CHOIR UNDER MS. CAROL UNTIL HE GRADUATED FROM BOYD H. ANDERSON H.S. IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN '96. WILLIAM LEFT HOME AFTER GRADUATION AND JOINED THE NAVY. AFTER A BREIF STINT, HE FOUND HIMSELF BACK IN FT. LAUDERDALE WHERE HE STARTED AND HATING THAT HE CAME HOME. WILLIAM BEGAN TO DABBLE IN THE STREETS WITH HIS COUSINS. HE STARTED SELLING DRUGS, BUT HIS COUSINS KNEW THIS WASNT FOR HIM. HIS OLDER COUSIN TOLD HIM, "THE BIBLE SAY IF YOU WORK BY THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW TO SUPPORT YOURSELF, THEN YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF A MAN." WILLIAM KNEW WHAT HE HAD TO DO. HE LEFT S. FL. IN '98, AND WENT TO JOB CORPS IN ALBANY, GA. HE PICKED UP AN ELETRICAN TRADE AND HAD HIS FIRST AND ONLY CHILD. CEDRIC D'ANGELO JONES, WAS BORN ON MOTHER'S DAY OF 2000, TO WILLIAM AND HIS FIRST FIANCEE CHARMAINE. BEFORE CEDRIC REACHED 5 MTHS, HE DIED IN HIS SLEEP IN AN ALBANY APARTMENT, WITH HIS SISTER AND MOTHER. THIS DAY WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN THE DAY WILLIAM TOOK HIS FAMILY AND MOVED TO ATLANTA. BY THE TIME WILLIAM WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE ATLANTA, CHARMAINE CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM CEDRIC WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. CEDRIC DIED BEFORE WILLIAM REACHED THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS DEVASTATED, THE ONLY SON HE'D EVER HAD WAS GONE. THIS TOOK MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF WILLIAM, HIS SON'S DEATH WAS THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIM. HE FELT LIKE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO EVER GO THRU THIS. STILL, EVEN TO THIS DAY THAT VOID HAS NOT BEEN FILLED. ITS NOW 2007 AND WILLIAM IS MUCH OLDER AND READY. HE MET WITH RED BOI BY DIVINE GRACE. THEY MET AT WORK AND RED BOI WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING HIS STUDIO TOGETHER. ITS JANUARY OF '07 AND WILLIAM WAS READY TO START RECORDING. RED BOI ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANY SINGERS, AND WILLIAM ANSWERED YES. THEN, HE BEGAN TO SING, AND RED BOI LOST IT. HE SAID,"DAWG, YOU KNOW HOW LONG I BEEN LOOKING FOR A SINGER. YOU GOT TO COME TO THE STUDIO WITH ME." WILLIAM AGREED, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT A SONG HE AND HIS FRIEND'S SON RECORDED A RECORD AND NEEDED A THIRD VERSE. THE SONG WAS CALLED "FLOSSIN IN MY CADILLAC (RMX)." RED BOI LOVED THE HOOK AND SONG, SO HE GOT ON THE TRACK. SINCE, WILLIAM AND RED BOI HAVE BEEN BASICALLY INSEPARABLE. THEY'VE DONE SHOWS IN ATLANTA CLUBS AND ROCKED THEM. NOW, JUST WAITING ON THAT RECORD DEAL WITH PLENTY MORE MATERIAL. FAST FORWARD TO THE PRESENT AND YOU GOT G.M.C. (GET MONEY CLIK)