Maurice Williams, known by his stage name Reese Laflare, is an American rapper and record producer from Birmingham, Alabama. He was one of the original members of the hip hop collective Two-9.

Career

2011present: ''Reese Vs the World'' mixtapes and DSNRTRAPN

On January 26, 2011, he released his debut mixtape ''Reese Vs the World'' via

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. Following this mixtape, Reese went on to release ''Reese Vs the World 2'' on October 30, 2012. Both mixtapes were hosted by

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. On July 31, 2013, Reese released his third mixtape titled ''DSNRTRAPN'' via free digital download. On March 2, 2015, Reese released his EP "Jump off a Building" featuring

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, Kari Faux and more for free digital download and iTunes. On September 29, 2015, Reese released his fourth mixtape titled ''DSNRTRAPN2'' via free digital download. and purchase. In September 2017, LaFlare was featured on

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rapper Eric Sanders single "Purple Panther". In August 2018, Reese was featured on the song "Forever Ever" by

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alongside

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. On August 17, 2018, Reese released his official debut album ''Reese LaFlare'' with Empire Records. On April 29, 2020, Reese debuted his new clothing line, Diva in the United States, along with an EP, ''Diva, Vol 1''. He followed up the first release of his clothing brand with ''Diva, Vol 2'' on July 29 with another EP. To close out 2020, Reese released ''Diva, Vol 3'', with features from long time collaborators, Key! and

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while also featuring rising Washington, D.C. rapper IDK. Reese has stated he would like to release his final album in 2021.

Discography

Album

* ''Reese LaFlare'' (2018) * ''Final Fantasy'' (2019)

Mixtapes

* ''Reese Vs the World'' (Hosted by

) (2011) * ''Reese Vs the World 2'' (Hosted by

) (2012) * ''DSNRTRAPN'' (2013) * ''DSNRTRAPN2'' (2015) * ''Before the Universe'' (2016) * ''Been Had Boyz (with KEY!) '' (2017)

EPs

* ''Jump off a Building'' (2015) * ''Diva, Vol. 1'' (2020) * ''Diva, Vol. 2'' (2020) * ''Diva, Vol. 3'' (2020) * ''Diva, Vol. 4'' (Expected 2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reese Living people 1991 births Rappers from Alabama