UNKNOWN aka DR WHO ?

The Los Angeles BARRIOS is an unofficial history of the Mexican-American presence in the streets of East L.A. This traditional form of Los Angeles CULTURE is a way of seeking RESPECT (something all music has in common). They are markings by generations of rebellious youth announcing their pride and strength to all outsiders. I feel that by creating MUSIC your name makes you exist, how you PRODUCE makes you strong, and by inventing your own sound, it makes you immortal. It is HIP-HOP by the neighborhood, for the neighborhood!
My personal involvement with MUSIC started in the mid 1990's, but art has been a part of my entire life. I had always seen and understood GRAFFITI, MUSIC, AND HIP-HOP culture. Even in grammar school, but it wasn't until I was out of High School that I became truly aware what MUSIC was all about and also the current international art movements. I felt that the MAINSTREAM market was thin and shallow. Too much head and not enough heart, I swam away from the MAINSTREAM scene. I needed to find my own voice in art that described my existence, my surroundings, and what was important to my generation, not mentally formulated solutions. I wanted In-Your-Face Art.
In L.A. we live in a movie world where the outcome can be written in for the future that we want. No other city in the world has this cultural art heritage. Los Angeles could become the future MUSIC capital of the world and that would be a spark for all the arts everywhere to shine. Because once you understand and appreciate HIP-HOP, then we can all understand and appreciate one another. By the end of 1999, I had created a symbol that represented me and my streets. It was the UNKNOWN face. A blank face representation is not about death, but about a rebirth a tradition that symbolizes common ground. Labeling me as an equal to my society. Thus sparks the idea of... "A HIDDEN FACE, AN UNDEFINED SOUL, TRULEY ANONYMOUS IS HOW I LIVE!!!!"