“After chopping it up with longtime friends as one third of DIY rap trio Florida’s Finest Family in his teens, Central Florida emcee illiWill is now stepping out front and center. Still keeping his cohorts and state’s influence close, iLLi commands attention with his multitude of styles that continue to flourish following his backpack days. Revering 2Pac and Eminem growing up, the now dual rapper/producer boasts an purist ethos to his craft, but is not a ‘boom-bap’ cloned talent by any means: Flows like a Gatling gun’s rounds are pulled out in spades, but iLLi also thrives on slowing it down- riding mellow beats a la the early 90’s East Coast scene. This is not another copy-and-paste 21st century newcomer. With a vocal range fluid enough to build dynamic hooks that bridge his emphatic, insightful verses, illiWill venerates traditionalism, but can’t help but feel like a new breeze has swept in from the coast”.