Frederick Brandon "Freedom" Williams (born February 13, 1966) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter, who gained fame as the lead rapper on C+C Music Factory's biggest hits.

Career

Born in Brooklyn in 1966, Williams went to school to become an audio engineer and worked as a janitor at New York's Quad Recording Studios.

In the late 1990s, Williams started to perform shows worldwide under the name C+C Music Factory, or a variation of that name. In 2005 C+C Music Factory founding member Clivillés labeled this "the biggest insult in the world". In 2003, Freedom Williams acquired the federal trademark to use the name "C and C Music Factory" for live performances. Williams toured under that name until renewing his trademark to "C & C Music Factory" in 2014. As of 2014, Williams has owned the trademark rights to the name for all related efforts, not just live performances.

Albums

  • Freedom (1993, Columbia Records)
  • Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (2004, RMD Entertainment/Mega Bop)

Singles

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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />

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! scope="row"| "Voice of Freedom"

| rowspan="2"| 1993

| 41 || 24 || 62

| rowspan="2"| Freedom

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! scope="row"| "Groove Your Mind"

| — || — || —

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  • "Another Night"
  • "Into the Future", a collaboration with Mark E Walker (who has a hit with Stevie B)

See also

  • List of number-one hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References