“Versailles” is track ten off of billy woods' and Preservation’s "Aethiopes". The track is named after Versailles, the palace complex outside Paris built by Louis XIV. Historically, Versailles, and France at large, were built off of the slave trade and mass exploitation. Louis XIV’s finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert–widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern public administration–had figured out a method that ensured France would benefit from the triangular slave trade between Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. Both of them had written a code… read more
“Versailles” is track ten off of billy woods' and Preservation’s "Aethiopes". The track is named after Versailles, the palace complex … read more
“Versailles” is track ten off of billy woods' and Preservation’s "Aethiopes". The track is named after Versailles, the palace complex outside Paris built by Louis XIV. His… 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
