Sunday, April 22, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
El Latino Flow cartoon featured in Magazine
It was an honor to have been featured in the April issue of DTM magazine. It was an opportunity to bring some more awareness to the Latino community of some of the struggles that we all have had to and continue to endure in order to acheive our goals.El Latino flow isn't just about Dominicans and Puerto Ricans, it's about a mixture of all Latino cultures who have infiltrated the hip-hop community and other musical genres, making some significant contributions. One of El Latino flow characters named Panama Starr, is an outgoing TV/Radio personality whose name was inspired by one of the fathers of Reggaeton. The Panamanian artist known as El General. I grew up listening to him in junior high school and remembered his fresh new Jamaican/Latin mixed music, blasting out of cars and playing in every house party in the late 80's. He is just one of the many characters inspired by latin musicians and artists. One of the protagonists, Chicharron (originally called Jeff fresh, but later changed to chicharron) was inspired by one of my brothers childhood friends Jeff Otero of the L.E.S of Manhattan, who taught me how to write graffiti and perfect my handwriting. He later got into producing hip-hop tracks and mentored my favorite hip-hop artist and brother Fokis. But he never got out of writing. Like chicharron, Jeff was still not trying to let go of the 80's!
Creativity is contagious. Many talented individuals have influenced and continue to impact me in ways that inspired me to create. Every Latino flow character has their story to tell. I invite you all to pull up a chair and join the cast of El Latino flow on all of their adventures, trials and tribulations in their efforts to blaze a trail in the entertainment industry. At the end, it's really all about the journey, not the final destination. Click here to read the interview.
Friday, April 6, 2007
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