About Me
PattyDukes & Rephstar are hip-hop artists from NYC. Representing The Bronx and Washington Heights. This Dynamic DUO joined forces, and now it's history in the making. Hard at work on their first independent album/cd. PattyDukes & Rephstar continue their work as artist's that support positive social change for the Hip-Hop generation. Check for us on the CUERVOTON TOUR 2008 !
PattyDukes is a phenomenal Latina Hip-Hop Artist. An Emcee, Actress, Writer and Filmmaker. Dominican and Puerto Rican by way of the Boogie Down Bronx. PattyDukes is the 2007 Cuervotón Winner, Cuervotón is the national talent search that swept the nation looking for raw unsigned Latino talent. Cuervotón hit all the major cities from New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, & Phoenix looking for next big star and found PattyDukes. PattyDukes will be featured on Estudio 201's Cuervotón Volume 4 Mixtape CD. In addition, PattyDukes was able to share the stage with some of the hottest stars in urban music, like Pitbull, Malverde, Chingo Bling, Nina Sky, Joel Ortiz, Notch, & Tru Life. PattyDukes will tour with Cuervotón in 2008. PattyDukes is inspired artists like Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante, Aaliyah, TLC, Lauryn Hill, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Beyonce, Slick Rick, Nas, Jay-Z, Bobbito, Tony Touch, The Beatnuts,Fat Joe & Big Pun to name a few. Her love of Hip-Hop manifested itself through different mediums, whether it’s through fashion, sneakers, music, film or theater. PattyDukes has traveled the country speaking and performing at schools, community centers and juvenile detention centers. PattyDukes always found a way to get involved and be a part of the movement. Internships with The Source Magazine and the NYC Hip-Hop Theater Festival put her on the path. Seeing firsthand the power that Hip-Hop has to create social change, and inspire others. PattyDukes wants to inspire others using her music and art. Building cross cultural bridges instead of creating borders amongst people. At nineteen PattyDukes’ father passed away, leaving her to take care of herself and her family. She remains determined and focused on bringing stories of poor urban communities to the main stages of the world. PattyDukes’ background is in Theater, where she learned to hone her craft of performing and writing. She was a member of a youth theater troupe called Urban Youth Theater at the Abrons Art Center. PattyDukes has performed in numerous plays and staged readings. In the Fall of 2007, PattyDukes will be playing the role of Nancy in Till Da Break of Dawn written and directed by Obie award winning actor/playwright Danny Hoch. The play is being produced by world-renowned theater company, The Culture Project. PattyDukes’ has performed in venues in the US and abroad like The Public Theater, The Apollo Theater Sound Stage Festival with Big Voices & Mark Russell Projects, The NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival, Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, NYU, George Washington State University & The Royal Shakespeare Company New Works Festival in Stratford England. As a freelance writer her words have graced the pages of Urban Latino, The Ave, Kicksclusive and Fuego Magazine. PattyDukes has interviewed artist like the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam poet Lemon, Twista, Alchemist, Nina Sky, J-Zone and Psycho Les of the Beatnuts. PattyDukes is also one of the dynamic personalities and hosts for EN LA ESCENA a bilingual entertainment show on Latino & Caribbean lifestyle, culture, and entertainment. For EN LA ESCENA PattyDukes has interviewed Don Omar, Hector El Bambino, Notch, Calle 13, Cuban Link, Candela, Anais, Toby Love, Dominican Times magazine, BMI, Rick Gonzalez and John Singleton. Patty also wrote and directed the short hip-hop film "On Everything I Love" which was produced by Chica Luna Productions, March 2006. She has worked for a couple of reggaeton music videos for artist like Lennox and Zion, Hector El Father, Yomo, Geto, LDA and Jim Jones. Patty is the director and host of her very own show called, THE PATTYDUKES SHOW a Hip-Hop Culture & Lifestyle podcast show check for it on itunes soon! www.pattydukes.com
RephStar (aka MiLs) is an MC, producer, mixed media visual artist and businessman from Washington Heights, NYC. Growing up entrenched in an environment where Hip-Hop is not just a type of music but a way of life, Reph developed his passion for spoken word and the Visual Arts through cyphering on street corners and tagging up throughout Manhattan and the Bronx. That coupled with a passion for technology, history and social change is what led him to the work he is doing today with graphics, video and sound. Reph visions his work as a reflection of the human experience through the eyes of the Hip-Hop generation. Currently he can be found performing throughout the East Coast, hosting rhyme workshops for adolescents in the South Bronx, and in the studio working on his first indie EP tentatively titled “Makings of a Man,†with his production company the New School Artist and the MC collective The Rhyme Factory. Reph and his artwork is also currently featured on the cable network “The-N,†and on their website as a part of their celebration of Black History month. You can check out some of his music and art at www.rephstar.com & www.rhymefactory.com
Check out PattyDukes Hosting on EL LA ESCENA
coming soon on TV !!!
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FOR LATINA's SYMPHONY FEATURING PATTYDUKES
