In Tucson’s Barrio Viejo, four friends meet up together to talk about the origins of their relationships. Gathered inside of La Pilita cultural center, they sat around four separate tables pushed together to make one big workspace, one larger entity. Quite poetic. Miquiztli Dimenzio, 18 years old. Maxwell Gay, 19 years old. Enrique García Naranjo,…
Anyone can make and distribute music for the world to consume. Artists no longer need a Capitol Records or a Scooter Braun. In 2010, Damon Albarn, co-creator of popular virtual band the Gorillaz, created an entire album on iOS apps. If you love music, you can do it on your own. But curating music and…
What many thought would be a passing fad, scholars in Tucson saw it as something worth study. Today, Tucson is a beacon for the distinct sound and study of hip-hop. Unlike other genres, hip-hop, a black sheep of the music family, has a fixed origin. Aug. 11, 1973, an apartment in the Bronx. A niche…
