The title of the song is an allusion to the HBO series The Wire's antagonist, Marlo Stanfield. The character is noted for his quiet ruthlessness, as referenced in both a scene from the from episode ten in season four. Charles Marlow, almost always referred to simply as “Marlow,” is also the protagonist of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, sent up the Congo River by a trading firm to rein in its bloodthirsty agent Kurtz. Heart of Darkness, both despite and because of its racist depictions of African natives (glints of teeth and eyes flashing out of the jungle, etc.), looms lar… read more
The title of the song is an allusion to the HBO series The Wire's antagonist, Marlo Stanfield. The character is noted for his quiet ruthlessness… read more
The title of the song is an allusion to the HBO series The Wire's antagonist, Marlo Stanfield. The character is noted for his quiet ruthlessness, as referenced in both a scene from … read more
Born in Washington, DC, Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is a rapper based out of New York City. He has also lived in Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Maryland. Billy Woods is a member of the Super Chron Flight Brothers with Priviledge, Armand Hammer with Elucid, and The Reavers supergroup. His mother was an English literature professor from Jamaica. His father was a Ph.D. Marxist writer, active in the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and then a member of the government in Zimbabwe. In 1980, the family moved to Zimbabwe. After the death of Woods' father, they returned to the United States… read more
Born in Washington, DC, Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is a rapper based out of New York City. He has also lived in Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Maryland. Billy Woods is a member of the Su…read more
Born in Washington, DC, Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is a rapper based out of New York City. He has also lived in Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Maryland. Billy Woods is a member of the Super Chron Flight Brothers with Priviledge, Arm…read more