What started out as a joke is now a professional aspiration for Tulita musician Julian McPherson.

The 14-year-old released his first album at the end of October, only a year after he started rapping for laughs.

The 12 tracks on are rife with collaborations between Julian and other young musicians.  

Coming from a community of 500 people, McPherson said it can be difficult to grow as an artist. 

To compensate for the small population, he said he looks to apps like Fiverr and Soundcloud for partnerships. 

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McPherson, who goes by the stage name Lil Macc, said most of the  youth in Tulita are already streaming his songs. 

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He even got to dance along to his music being played at a recent Halloween event. 

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As evidence, Judy points to a home-video of two-year-old Julian dancing to Michael JacksonSA国际影视传媒檚 Thriller uploaded to YouTube over a decade ago. 

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He begun putting his Legacy album together in June.

As far as the origins of the Lil Macc stage name, Julian said he noticed other rappers using SA国际影视传媒渓ilSA国际影视传媒� in their artist names.

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As he continues to work on his music, Julian hopes to grow as an artist and earn a degree of fame.

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