Meet William Ramsey | Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with William Ramsey and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi William, what role has risk played in your life or career?
To be perfectly honest, I am inherently a risk taker. I’ve had a very challenging life and have had no chose but to take chances in order to overcome obstacles. As a kid and teenager, I didn’t have much like at all and was homeless for 10 years of my life. Me and my family moved from motel to motel, staying with relatives, and never having a real sense of home or stability; coming from that type of extreme poor background taught me to think quick on my feet and that if I was going to make anything out of my life, I would have to take risk–but calculated risk. It’s interesting– I meet so many people who are content with having a life controlled by other people, i.e. a traditional 9 to 5 where you have little control over what time you wake up, what time you eat and how much you get paid. For me personally, I wasted so many years blindly putting my faith in that system, so after a while, I took matters into my own hands and left that traditional 9 to 5 structure, because job security is a joke. I started working for myself 2 years ago with a cleaning service of my own and used that money to fund my music career. Taking a risk like that changed my life. I suddenly realized that I didn’t have to follow a blueprint left by someone else– I could create my own blueprint. And so I did– I hustled like crazy: cleaning condos in the day and performing at night. Suddenly, my confidence shot through the roof as I was both making more money on my own, as well as began to understand that the only way your life will change is if YOU decided to take actual action. As both an artists and person, I am very independent, very opinionated and fearless as hell. A life without risk isn’t a life worth living.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My music largely focuses on mental health issues like depression, anxiety and intrusive thoughts. I have battled mental illness most of my life and I still have depression even now. It was important for me to use my art as both a weapon against my own internal struggles and a way to give voice to people who feel deeply misunderstood or alone. Dealing with depression isn’t easy by any means and I’m not saying music will “cure” it, but I know music can certainly give you hope and a reason to live another day. So I guess my mission is to save as many lives as possible

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I’m actually a homebody for the most part, so I’m probably the wrong person to ask this question lol. But when I do go out, it’s to Boystown for a night of dancing

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I was blessed to meet my amazing fiancé, who is also an artist. He literally believed in me from the very beginning and taught me so much as far as being practical about making a living as an artists. I also have an amazing core friend, which we call The Kingdom lol. They have always been huge supporters of mine. However, the person I have to thank the most is my dad! I cannot explain how much my father means to me and how much I love him. When I had no confidence whatsoever in being an artist, my dad spoke faith into me. He always told me I was a star and that I just needed to walk into that–that I need to know that at my core, God made me a star. That advice–those words of faith and empowerment fundamentally changed my approach to life as a whole.

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Image Credits
Harry Sudman Ricanfx