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, grandson of

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, and great-grandson of

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. His musician relatives also include half-aunt Holly Williams, and half-great-aunt

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Biography

Born November 7, 1991, Williams was raised in

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by his mother, who did not have an ongoing relationship with his father and sued him for child support when Coleman was five years old, which prompted his father's entry into the recording industry. As an adult, he adopted his father's surname. The moniker "IV" refers to his status as the fourth generation of musicians beginning with his great-grandfather Hank Williams. Williams would spend his high school years with his father, and after he graduated, he traveled the country to expand his music tastes by learning from bands all over the country. Before his time as the frontman of IV and the Strange band, Williams gained a degree in literature and spent the majority of his 20s as an 8th and 9th grade teacher in Tennessee. In April 2021, Williams and his band released their first single, "Son of Sin". On June 17, 2022, they released their debut studio album, '' Southern Circus''. The following year, Coleman would record his second album, ''Hang Dog'', which was produced by friend

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and released November 2023. The band followed up with the release of ''Hang Dog'' in 2023, also produced by Shooter Jennings.

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