Real name: William Elliot Hammond

Singer/songwriter Will Hammond Jr.‘s musical career began in elementary school at Cathedral School for Boys and Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. After Hammond Jr. graduated from Urban High School in 1987, he performed with up-and-coming black alternative /hip-hop bands Bass House Funk and Midnight Voices. In 1990, Hammond Jr.’s major accomplishment occurred while he was a student at San Francisco State University. He is credited as the writer of Tara Kemp’s international hit, “Hold You Tight,” (Warner Bros.), which went to #3 on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts and became a certified gold record with 800,000 units sold. Since that time, Hammond Jr. has written for various artist in Los Angeles and performed tracks with other Bay Area talents like: The Coup, Midnight Voices, Ledisi, Martin Luther, Goapele and Patti Labelle.