Tony Cash - Real Shit (Prod. By Shannon Jack) Never On Time The Mixtape

Detroit hip-hop artist Tony Cash (aka Willie Witcher) prides himself on being different. "Everybody in Michigan is Rapping about the same things basically, drugs and killings, I can make the same music because I'm from that environment but I'm different," he says. "I pride myself on being real and I pride myself on staying consistent with who I am." Cash has built an international fan base through Twitter, (over 52k Followers) YouTube (70k views) and by releasing mixtapes on datpiff.com. Unlike many artists, however, Cash has not always aspired to be a rapper. While growing up, Cash said he wanted to be a special education teacher, something he says he still aims to do. It wasn't until listening to Young Money Entertainment's, Drake "Sooner Than Later" did Cash decide to become a lyricist. "I would listen to music and I kept hearing my story being told so I thought to myself, 'I can tell my own story. Why don't I put my own music out there for myself?'" he says. Cash kept a poetry journal while growing up that prepared him to write songs. "I have been writing poetry since the third or fourth grade," he says. "My dad was incarcerated and it was hard to deal with so I kept a journal, which turned into me writing poetry. Last year when I started writing raps I had the foundation needed to write, in order to write poetry you have to have a concept and music has to have a concept too." Marlanna Jordan has been a friend of Cash for 5 years and worked with him on "Tiffany's Vicky's," a song off his last mixtape, "Sooner Than Later," and said that he is precise and determined. "He had just started in 2010 and for him to just be starting out, he knew exactly what he wanted," Jordan says." He was very particular; it was refreshing to work with somebody who had a vision." Jordan feels that listeners will find that Cash's music is different from what Most Detroit artists. She said that when Cash makes music, his vision goes beyond Detroit. She feels his lyrics can affect people internationally. His different style of music has allowed Cash accessibility to fans from around the world. He said that when he first starting promoting his music last year he traveled across the Midwest to Chicago, Ohio and Indiana. He also mailed CDs to fans who requested them in Australia, Africa and Canada. "I started doing stuff on Facebook, I went out on foot and handed out CDs," Cash says. "I started doing Twitter and people kept following...more people started listening to my music, it was like a chain reaction."

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