Woodie Smalls (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium)

With the release of his debut single and video for 'Champion Sound’, Woodie Smalls aka Woods immediately made a name for himself. His debut single created a buzz way bigger than the 19-year-old mc could've envisioned back when he started recording. Born and raised in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, Woodie Smalls remembers picking up the mic at an early age.Some of Belgium's biggest radio stations, Studio Brussel and MNM, added the track to their daily rotation and FM Brussels even made it their favorite track of the week.'About The Dutch' the second video of his debut album, 'Soft Parade' was premiered by Noisey UK: "You don’t usually associate Belgium - a country where the rivers flow with chocolate, the streets are lined with mussels, and everyone works for the European Union - with hip-hop. Yet here’s the young Woodie Smalls, dropping a melodic rap banger so naturally you'd think he was closer to the West Coast than West Flanders."In the Netherlands Woods was selected as one of the 2015 Encore Freshmen. The freshmen are a small crop of up and coming talented artists handpicked by the people behind one the biggest weekly urban party in Amsterdam. At the 2015 Red Bull Elektropedia Awards Woodie Smalls won the award for Best Urban act and was the runner up for breakthrough of the year His album ‘Soft Parade was voted third best.