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A little about me...I play guitar for the live hip hop band Serendipity Project. We've played with KRS One, Digital Underground, Lyrics Born, The Pharcyde, Tha Liks, C-Rayz Walz, Radio Active and many others.
I also make my own music...always looking for fresh voices, so hit me up...
I believe that at this moment, we are witnessing a musical revolution; One in which an image driven success is no longer respected. Considering certain World crisis’, I believe that music lovers are searching for something more in their music…meaning. In particular, the “Rap game” has successfully cut its relations with the true Hip Hop world. The image that Hip Hop has adopted is not a true representation of the entire Hip Hop culture. Because of this, more and more conscious, underground artists are packing venues up and down the coast with little to no radio and TV exposure. Stemming from the worldwide success of Bay Area artists such as Hieroglyphics and Digital Underground to newcomers Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Zion I, the West Coast hip hop scene is on the rise once again.
In April of 2003, I signed on as the Hip Hop writer for Your Music Magazine, what was then a Santa Cruz based free music magazine. Since then, the magazine has quadrupled its distribution, and now caters to the entire state of California with distribution from LA to Sacramento. Working directly with PR companies from LA to New York, as well as numerous West Coast record labels, I have been able to represent but a glimpse into the mind of the West Coast hip hop scene.
I try to base my interviews on relevant social topics combined with my love of old school Hip Hop’s values.
"You see, the best aspect of hip hop is the unity. Use your voice as power. Reach to the community..." - DL ("Feel The Vibe" by Serendipity Project)