Who Is Slick Watts?
James 'Slick' Watts has stayed true to his upbringings of Hill Street and Jaycee Manor and is true to his roots. Watts is inspired by family, life experiences and those who have since moved on from this life. His style has evolved over the years and is very diverse from the club joint "Yada Yada" to the inspirational track "Yes We Can". Everything he spits is real life and is written by him. Watts is a unique artist compared to others out today because he has something to say. Many people can relate to him and where he has been in life.
Watts played college basketball for four years and has put his degree and everything else in his life on hold to pursue his dreaming of rapping for a living. When asked what rapping means to him Slick replied “It’s my way to reach the people. I feel I was born to do this my whole life.” He feels a responsibility to his people and the community to show them how important it is to follow your dreams. Watts says “I decided to follow my dreams because of the death of my brother (R.I.P. Reese). You never know when time is up…so follow your dreams!”
Professional Biography
Slick Watts is proud to be partners with Stall & Dean/Rucker Apparel (www.stallanddean.com) as Slick’s Official Clothing partner. Slick Watts released his mixtape 25 to LIFE hosted by one of the top DJ's in the country today Mick Boogie! It included appearances by C Murder and Termanology. In July of 2009 Slick Watts was named “Best Midwest Artist” at the 7th Annual Underground Music Awards in NYC. To start off 2010 he co-headlined with Mike Jones a concert at historic Capitol Theatre for their first hip hop show since re-opening in November of 2009. Slick Watts as selected to participate in the "America's Next Urban Superstar" Competition for the Urban Music Awards USA and attended the awards as a VIP guest. He opened the Russ Parr Bus Tour. This national tour visited 10 cities in the US and Slick was selected from thousands of submissions on OurStage.com to open the tour stop in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Slick has also been featured on mixtapes produced by Mick Boogie for AllHipHop.com, DJ Nice of Crack City Productions, Vinny Idol (D-Block) with DJ Blazita (Justo Winner 2008 Female DJ), DJ Emiliot (International Squad Leader Slip ‘n Slide DJ’s - Belgium) and DJ Ophax and DJ Pimp both of Team AFFicial - France. His music has been played on Sirius Satellite Radio with DJ Smoothe Denali, Say of 101.9FM Argentina, Hate Money Radio with DJ Bedtyme357, AllHipHop.com WorldStarHipHop.com and HipHopGame.com. He has also been featured on Clear Channel Radio's Discover NEW! Music page, has opened for Gucci Mane and was selected to perform at the Reverbnation.com Urban Showcase.
Check out YoRaps.com, True Magazine, WV Soul Magazine, WWSMag.com, RapMullet.com and Urbansteez.com for interviews and reviews! Slick performed live at the Ohio Hip Hop Awards. He has been nominated for a total of 8 Ohio Hip Hop Awards.
You can find out more about Slick Watts and stay updated with new music, shows, videos and photos on these Official Sites:
Official Website www.WattsyMusic.com
Official MySpace www.myspace.com/wattsymusic
Official Twitter www.twitter.com/slickwatts
Official YouTube www.youtube.com/wattsymusic
View Slick Watts' Full Electronic Press Kit at www.sonicbids.com/slickwatts
