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About Me



"more knowledge than college bands flipped the flow is... words manifested, why you chose this..."

upon listening to the the fat boys' first lp (brrrrr, stick 'em!!!) and writing and recording (on his father's tape deck) his first raps at the age of 7, cashtro (chris cachia) was always and already hooked on Hip Hop culture... forever intrigued by the power of words, chris saw Hip Hop music as the most pure and potentially powerful musical form... his first full-length album, "the project" -- along with an accompanying and extensive piece exploring issues of artistic self-identity -- was the final requirement for chris' master's degree... he continues to write, record, and perform while also lecturing on popular culture and identity with a focus on Hip Hop music and culture... rapper, writer, student, teacher, cash adores -- more than anything else -- writing about himself in the third-person...

"what the mass media offer is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten and replaced by a new dish" -- w.h. auden...

"and what, socrates, is the food of the soul? surely, i said, knowledge is the food of the soul" -- plato...

"i suggest ya change ya diet, it could lead to high blood pressure if ya fry it" -- mf doom...
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/12/2006
Band Website: radio3.cbc.ca/bands/cashtro-hop
Band Members:
Influences: BIG, DOOM, LUPE, JERU, KRS, afu-ra, al green, alkaholiks, atmosphere, az, benefit, blackalicious, breezly brewin, buckshot, busta, phil collins, common, de la soul, digable planets, dizzee rascal, steve earle, epmd, michael franti, gangstarr, ghostface, gza, lauryn hill, j-dilla, j-live, michael jackson, elton john, k-os, barrington levy ("shween!!!"), luda, the marleys, method man, mos, musiq, nas, ol' dirty, sean price, premier, prince paul, public enemy, pun, otis redding, lionel richie, r. kelly, raekwon, rakim, rza, frank sinatra, slick rick, supernat, talib kweli, the beatles, the streets, timbaland, tribe, tom waits, kanye west, saul williams, stevie wonder, wyclef, my own damn ish... jeff chang, e.e. cummings, michael eric dyson, dan brown, cristina garcia, nelson george, toni morrison, edgar allen poe, david simon, bert sugar, j.r.r. tolkien... alfred hitchcock, akira kurosawa, quentin tarantino... the godfather series, the indian jones series, the rocky series, the sopranos, the wire... comic books, old gangster flicks... muhammad ali, larry bird, mickey mantle, paul pierce... so many, so much more... MY LOVE... MY GOD... MY FAM.
Sounds Like: he's blessed.
Record Label: balcony level productions / unsigned

My Blog

comments & MTV

peace to everyone that has taken the time to add me and listen to my music... on the down side, i've been getting so many spam comments that i've decided to keep only the ones directly addressing me...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT

RECENT PRESS -- Toronto Star, Metro, MTV

Here are links to some of my more recent media coverage:The Toronto Star, 'Multimedia Thesis'The Metro, 'Master of His Creativity'Also, though it is not finalized as of yet, I am set to appear on MT...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:06:00 GMT

I ETERNAL -- THIS WEEK ON RADIO ENIGMA

"i eternal," the lead-single off my upcoming album, will get its first radio play this week on radio enigma's 'indie nation'... radio enigma is an internet radio station out of edmonton; the show is...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:14:00 GMT