Mickey Factz

Mark Anthony Williams Jr. (born July 13, 1982), professionally known as Mickey Factz, is an American rapper and record producer from the Bronx, New York. He is part of XXLs 2009 Freshman Class and is co-founder of the online hip hip school, Pendulum Ink.Ketchum III, William (January 6, 2023). "Mickey Factz Wants to Take Rappers to School". Rolling Stone. He is co-founder and member of the organization, Society of Spoken Art, and was formerly part of the hip hop collective, All City Chess Club, both helmed by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. He was one of the few who heard the song "Atom Bomb."
He was mentioned in the 2013 song, "SLR 3 (Round of Applause)," where Fiasco rapped, 'Cause they ain't ready for the front, fax to 'em / Like my n***a Mickey Factz to 'em / Aye Mickey what the wicky-wicky wack doin'?'
== Background ==
In a 2015 interview with Hype Magazine, he stated of Fiasco, "Met years ago in Japan while on tour and it's always been mutual admiration for each other's work." He recalled during 2011, "Jive had folded and I got moved to RCA. I was dealing with a different A&R as opposed to who I was usually dealing with. That's when I started to create Mickey MauSe at that point. I sent it to Lupe and he wanted it to be the album. Called the label to get him to executive produce the album but they didn't want to do that. So I left the label." Regarding All City Chess Club, he stated it ended because of ego. He remembered, "Lupe Fiasco started it with the 'I'm Beamin' remix. I joined later on. Lupe mentioned me on 'SLR' and then he tweeted I was in it. In 2013 when Lu and I were really hanging, he put me in charge after just being tired of trying to reach everyone. I got to Asher, Diggy, B.o.B and Blu. That was it. And even they took forever. If Pharrell were more involved it would have happened.""Learning the Factz". Hype Magazine. May 2015. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017.
During Fiasco's beef with Royce da 5'9", Factz confronted in an Instagram livestream if some lyrics from "Silence of the Lambda" were directed at him. Royce responded no, but "now they were." In another conversation, Royce would say that Factz did not "check boxes" of a great MC, and Joe Budden had joined in (whom Factz previously wrote a diss track at), where it felt like the two Slaughterhouse members were ganging up on him.
Factz decided to jump into the battle with the song, "Wraith," where he fired at Royce, 'We rarely see black Eminems / Kinda shady right?' and 'Lupe freestyled and got you outta here / You cried alone from playing yourself, shed a solid tear.'Powell, Jon (July 27, 2021). "Mickey Factz Jumps Into the Lupe Fiasco/Royce da 5'9" Fray with "Wraith"". Revolt. He remarked in an interview, "I wanted people to be like, 'Okay, this guy is nothing to play with. When he says he's written for people in the industry, let's just believe him. Let's believe him when he says he can do this, do that, and leave him alone.' So that's really what it was.""Mickey Factz Details the Strategy He Used in His Battle with Royce 5'9 (Video)". Ambrosia for Heads. August 18, 2021. Factz thought Royce's track was a "beautiful art piece" while Fiasco's response, "Steve Jobs: SLR 3 1/2," was "visceral" and he enjoyed it, which was "honest" and what Fiasco "felt at that time.""Mickey Factz Uncensored: Talks Royce l, Lupe, RJ Payne, Ransom, Lyrics and How It Can Make Sense!". YouTube. September 20, 2021.
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