Stephen Lewis Williams (born July 28, 1981),[1] better known by his stage name Stevie Stone, is an American rapper from Columbia, Missouri.
He has released seven studio albums including Black Lion, with his most recent being Raising The Bar in April 2022.
He discovered a love of music through his mother, a singer and choir director who introduced the rapper to gospel, blues, and soul at an early age.
[2] As he grew up, Stone had his feet in the worlds of music and sports, pursuing a basketball career and playing piano and drums.
[3] Though he received an offer to play ball for a junior college in Iowa, he was asked to open at a show just weeks before he would leave for school, and he chose to focus on his rap career.