Wesley Willis has been played on NTS in shows including Yesterday's News, featured first on 28 September 2015. Songs played include Kris Kringle Was A Car Thief, Merry Christmas and Chronic Schizophrenia.

Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an African-American musician from Chicago, Illinois, who became a well-known underground figure in the 1990s. Standing at 6-foot-6 inches and weighing 350 lbs., Willis was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult. He released several hundred songs of bizarre and simplistic music, which spread through the early days of P2P file sharing.

Willis had a tumultuous childhood, growing up in various foster homes. Despite…