Born Joseph William “Will” Conybeare in Morristown, New Jersey on Aug. 15, 2001, WILCON spent the majority of his adolescence in Tuckahoe, New York — under four miles north of New York City. When he was 16, his family relocated to St. Joseph, Michigan, where he graduated from high school in 2019.
After attending Iona College (now Iona University) as a freshman, WILCON moved to Southern California to attend California Lutheran University; he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Music Production in the class of 2023. In addition, he spent five months at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland during his collegiate career.
Upon graduation, WILCON took a position as a Digital Producer at KTLA 5 News while also serving as the Head Editor for Green Tea Magazine and contributing as an author to 24HipHop and Rolling Hype.