Lill Joe bio

Lill Joe,the Mt. Airy,LA native, feels anything but little these days. While his southern fans will recognize him for his hardcore street lyrics and raspy voice, anyone can clearly see Lill Joe has faced and tackled his shared of obstacles. The now 27 year old rap artist has been deep in the game since 1998. His first appearance was in 1999 briefly as a member of the group "First Born". At this time he says "I became caught up in the life. I did what everybody in the hood does and rap didn't pay." Kendrick "K-Love" Love ,one of the founders of the rap group "Quarter keys" and a longtime friend, reintroduced Lill Joe to the music scene but he died shortly after in December 2001. "After K-Love died it seemed like I never left the studio,"he says.
    Street life was still calling and Joe couldn't ignore the call. So when he moved to St. Mary,GA in 2003 looking for a change of scenery, trouble soon followed. The Georgia Dept. Of Corrections was his next stop, unfortunately, and remained his home for the next 4 years. "While in prison, I rapped everyday and met a lot of talented guys. Too bad we was all locked up" he says. Rap earned him respect when the other prisoners would "freestyle" in the "yard". Upon release in 2007 he returned to, "the boot", Louisiana. Back home he formed kind of a brotherhood with a producer named Green Digg and his group the Grine Thuggas.
    After reunited with the other quarter keys members, they quickly put out a cd produced solely by Green Digg called "We Aint Playin". As it started to look up for Lill Joe musically, his troubles with the law would rear their head again. Joe was arrested for attempted second degree murder in February 2009. Feeling like his career and life were all over he did the only thing he could do...pray. Sure enough in 2010, he was released from the St. James Detention Center and ready to hop back into Grine's studio,just like before. Now with his new deal with Strong Point Ent. and his focus on his music career, just like the law, I think rap has a "big" problem and his name is "Lill Joe".