Chicago artist Ill Will has 2 other aliases such as "Da Illustrata" & "Izzle". He grew up in the rough areas of chicago Illinois such as locations like "Terror Town", "The Ickies", The westside, The Wild 100's & his main neighborhood on 79th & Cottage grove. He relocated to ames. iowa where he has been residing since may 2007. Ever since 12 the fiery mc has had a deep passion for music notably hip-hop & lost his 1st school battle in 4th grade. But his grade-school opponent gave him advice that woud follow him thru his future. Now 25, the chicago native feels he has sharpened his skill enough 4 mainstream attention. He assaults the music scene with his cleverly titled "T.N.T Mixtape" which stands for "trials & tribulatons" as well as the powerful explosive.http://www.youtube.com/user/illwill1984emcee?feature=mhw5