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Willy Northpole | |
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| Birth name | William Kenneth Adams [1] |
| Also known as | Willy Northpole |
| Born | February 22, 1980 |
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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William Kenneth Adams (born February 22, 1980), professionally known as Willy Northpole, is an American rapper who was signed to Disturbing Tha Peace Records. [2] He released his first album, Tha Connect in June 2009. He is from Phoenix, Arizona. [3]
Willy Northpole was born William Adams on February 22, 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Willy then reconnected with his childhood friend Tiffany J., a one-time Power 92.3 on-air personality now turned producer and artist manager under Blue Williams at Family Tree Entertainment.
In 2007, he signed with Disturbing Tha Peace / Def Jam, becoming the only rap artist signed with the label from the western United States. He was also the only rapper signed with major distribution that was born and raised in Phoenix. [4] In 2012, Willy Northpole left Disturbing Tha Peace.
Willy has recorded with rappers and producers including Ez Elpee, Shondrae of Bangladesh Productions, Trak Starz, Heatmakerz, Reefa, and Nitti.[ citation needed ]
On October 28, 2023, Willy did a cypher with Whitney Peyton and Bag of Tricks Cat called “The Goosebumps Cypher”. In his lyrics he announced that he is officially signed to Whitney Peyton’s record label Alpha Howse.
“I'm an Alpha, you Alfalfa like "Wowzer!" I'm the black Doogie Howser, yeah I'm really a God, I'm Willy the God I'm really retired but it's Halloween Michael Myers really inspired, it's a time to kill, Whitney said, “"Willy, you hired"”. [5] [6]
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| 2009 | Tha Connect
| - | 47 [7] | 21 [ citation needed ] | — | — |
| 2024 | Broadway Theatre
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