question: What was the profession of Willie Watson who was raised in the portion of the American state of New York north of the New York metropolitan area?
answer: singer-songwriter
context: Title: Willie Watson (musician)
  Passage: Willie Watson (born September 23, 1979) is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player born in Watkins Glen, New York, who was a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show.  His debut solo album "Folk Singer, Vol.  I", was released in May 2014; it's follow-up "Folksinger, Vol.  2" will be released September 15, 2017 on Acony Records.  He has appeared at the Newport Folk Festival and other major music festivals.  Raised in Upstate New York around Ithaca, he currently resides in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles.
  Title: Upstate New York
  Passage: Upstate New York is the portion of the American state of New York lying north of the New York metropolitan area.  The region includes most of the state of New York, excluding New York City and its environs, as well as Long Island, though the precise boundary is debated.  Upstate New York includes the major cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and Syracuse.
  Title: History of Rockland County, New York (1798–1900)
  Passage: The recorded history of Rockland County, New York begins on February 23, 1798, when the county was formed as an administrative division of the state of New York.  It is located 12 mi north-northwest of New York City, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.  The county seat is the hamlet of New City.  The name comes from "rocky land", an early description of the area given by settlers.  Rockland is New York's southernmost county west of the Hudson River.  It is suburban in nature, with a considerable amount of scenic designated parkland.  Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 mi north of Manhattan at the counties' (New York and Rockland) two respective closest points (Palisades, New York, in Rockland and Inwood Park in Manhattan)
  Title: Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area
  Passage: Tech companies in the New York City metropolitan area represent a significant and growing economic component of the New York metropolitan area, the most populous combined statistical area in the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.  In the region's Silicon Alley, new establishments include those of Israeli companies in New York City, at a rate of ten new startups per month.  Below is a partial and growing list of notable New York metropolitan area tech and start-up companies:
  Title: Laredo–Nuevo Laredo
  Passage: The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area (UN/LOCODE: USLRD & MXNLD) is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border.  The city of Laredo is situated in the American state of Texas on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in the southern bank of the river.  This metropolitan area is also known as the Two Laredos or the Laredo Borderplex.  The metropolitan area is made up of one county: Webb County in Texas and three municipalities: Nuevo Laredo Municipality in Tamaulipas, Hidalgo Municipality in Coahuila, Anáhuac Municipality in Nuevo León in Mexico.  Two urban areas: the Laredo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Zona Metropolitana Nuevo Laredo (Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Zone) three cities and 12 towns make the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan area which has a total of 636,516 inhabitants according to the INEGI Census of 2010 and the United States Census estimate of 2010.  The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo is connected by four International Bridges and an International Railway Bridge.  According to World Gazetteer this metropolitan area ranked 157th largest in North and South America in 2010 with an estimated population of 775,481.  This area ranks 66th in the United States and 23rd in Mexico.
  Title: New York Academy of Medicine
  Passage: The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform.  The early leaders of the academy were invested in the reform movements of the day and worked to improve public health by focusing on the living conditions of the poor.  In 1866, the academy was instrumental in the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Health, the first modern municipal public health authority in the United States and the precursor of today's Department of Health.  In recent years the academy has functioned as an effective advocate in public health reform, as well as a major center for health education.  As of 2016, the academy will celebrate its 169th year.  The academy's work now focuses on advancing urban health in New York City and around the world.  Today, the academy has over three-thousand fellows, that include doctors, nurses, health care administrators, and professionals in all fields dedicated to maintaining and improving health.
citations: Willie Watson (musician) Upstate New York