BIG IN DA STREET MAGAZINE Volume 2 Issue 5 October 2013 | Page 13

The Same Name, The Same Guy,
Two Sides of Greatness
By Jackie Untoldtruth Christie
Edited by Caitlin Gallagher

Trav
Trav and Travis Williams. Which one do you know and love the
most? Are you acquainted with Trav Williams, the star hip hop artist
from Fort Lauderdale who never forgets where he was born, bred,
and led to greatness? Or do you perhaps know Travis Williams, the
Northeastern Judicial Circuit public defender who fights for people
on the other side of the tracks? If none of this sound familiar to
you, I’m excited to introduce this single individual, who keeps on
leaving his footprint in our world in two completely different, lifetouching ways.

the Classic City, where he released his first album at Little Kings
on May 16, 2008. Loved ones surrounded beloved fans attending
this milestone event in his musical career. During that all-nighter,
he took in all the love of his fans before walking across the stage to
another milestone we’ll touch upon later. Not able to stop the ink
leaking from his pen, Williams and his long-time partner in rhyme,
Pee Duble, and various producers, along with the gate seeker of
promotional opportunity and underground Athens’ finest, Montu
Miller, Trav Williams had no direction to go but upward!

Hello world! On the left I would like to formally introduce you
to Trav Williams, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He’s been
spitting lyrical, conscientious, infectious flows of his 1st love since
the young age of 13. Finding life difficult, not being able to fit in
with his peers, struggling with financial hardship in his family, and
having a drug addicted mother and unknown father pushed Trav
Williams out of the house and into the library at a young age. There,
he began expanding his vocabulary, education, and therefore his
outlook of the world.

Lethal emcee Trav Williams has filled the fortunate ears of
hip hop lovers with mix tapes for the past five years. We held our
breath, for yes, the day he dropped his most anticipated comeback,
P.O.E. (Preponderance of the Evidence), because that became
the moment that turned Trav Williams from a great writer to an
unstoppable hip hop artist, never to look back. The album dropped
recently, on May 7, 2013! Word on the Streets, you can get your
rocks off to this album’s infectious melodies at www.travwilliams.
bandcamp.com. Log on now! If you missed out on his early
work, between May 16, 2008 and May 7, 2013, you can listen and
download all of this emcees profound rhymes you may have missed,
that is, up until now.

It wasn’t long before Trav Williams started working the high
school and neighborhood battle rap and freestyle scenes in South
Florida, demolishing crews from Delray Beach to South Dade.
Thanks to a connection Trav Williams made during this time, he
was given his first real shot at a record deal. Unfortunately, the
local record company lacked the infrastructure to support a fast
growing artist like himself and thus Trav was back on his own.

Trav Williams and his team have been working on music projects
and promotional campaigns, while securing performances with
an independent, do-it-yourself attitude. They have created a much
deserved hype in underground communities across the country.
Producers from every region (New York, Michigan, California,
Williams’ life story is in his work. He cooks and eats Lauderdale North Carolina and Georgia) constantly contact Team Trav Williams
in his lyrics. He has never forgotten his love for the peach state and about doing songs, projects and full length albums. Williams has