LIMERICK writer/rapper William Casey (aka Willzee) has dropped a new spoken word track and short film called Dear Friend II.
Willzee is signed to Berlin based label called Welcome To The New World. This new track is spoken over music composed and produced by Enda Gallery (aka delush) from the same label.
The hard hitting track looks at Limerick communities most affected by years of gangland violence and plots a different potential course for Willzee’s native city.
Talking to Limerick Post, the writer explained that he had witnessed the fallout from years of neglect and gangland crime while growing up in Weston.
“I would have seen a fair amount of gangland stuff going on, drugs, abuse and suicide.
I wanted to take a moment in my life and bring it to the surface. Limerick is kinda hurt.
“Limerick has one of the highest suicide rates in Europe and people are heartbroken because of these scars that are left in the city.”
Having grown up in difficult circumstances affected by alcoholism and violence and losing his parents as a child, William spent time in the care of a succession of foster homes and experienced discrimination due to his traveller background.
Despite all these obstacles he found the foster family he now calls his own, discovered hip hop, studied Music Technology at LCFE and now makes music, writes and raps and is part of the strong musical movement in hip hop that has pushed Limerick to the top of the pile sharing that space with other creatives PX Music, Denise Chaila and Rusangano Family.
He also wrote a prize winning film script which was picked up by Cluster Fox Films and directed by John Connors. The film Innocent Boy premiered at the recent Dublin International Film Festival.
Follow William on Facebook, @WillzeeTWOW.
