It started way back in history about 2 thousand and 2 or 2 thousand and 3.
I crowdfunded a plane trip to NYC to participate in an MTV hosted Rocafella Records rap battle.
I rolled with Michael Parham.
I ran into Foundation Funkollective bredren Bryan Burger GrayChris Carpenter (Seefor Yourself) and Okie Doke while out there. Also met Ekundayo MountenLiun Donegan on that trip.
The battle never took place because of a riot that happened while standing in line but the experience did land me my first television job when Carlos Caro interviewed me about my experience for a fledgling new network.
He read about my exploits inAbelardo de la Peña Jr. Latino LA newsletter where I placed an ad in the classified asking for donations to fund my trip—on some pre-Go Fund me shit.
Two weeks after I came back from the NYC battle that never happened, I saw an ad in Latino LA looking for a writer for new cable network catering to English speaking Latinos, Mun2.
The guy who interviewed me for the show then interviewed me for the job. I got it. Big ups Carlos Caro.