EPISODE 20 - "Jay Escobar" - a podcast by Orikal Uno

Episode 20 is LIVE and in FULL EFFECT! This time, we have Jay Escobar stop by the Graff Roots Studios to talk Freshwater Deejays (0:00) - First hip-hop life experience (2:17) - Growing up in Lancaster, PA (5:21) - Getting into creating music (8:30) - Meeting Casey Golden and moving to Minnesota (11:45) - S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S. and Sols of Life crew (14:20) - The influence he got from Salsa that his father would play (18:43) - How to pronounce "Lancaster" and making the move from PA to MN (21:20) - How he started getting into the Twin Cities hip-hop scene and who was making noise back then (23:19) -The creation of Jayechs (37:40) - The creation of Broken Home Studios, forming a bond with Sinycal over Gwen Stefani, and getting to work (38:18) - The dangers of a damaged reputation and growing out of youthful toxic masculinity (41:30) - The end of Broken Home Studios (47:22) - The "death" of Jayechs and manifesting a new musical direction (50:12) - Discovering his faith via a new kind of church (50:50) - Making Christian music as Anonimust with Hour 2 Hope and getting comfortable with working with other artists again (56:00) - Developing FAME (Foreign Affairs Media Enterprises) as an artist management and development company (58:28) - Freshwater Deejays and his current gigs as a DJ (1:06:25) - Jay takes on the Lightning Gauntlet  (1:09:58) - Jay Escobar - "Trust the Process" (1:13:13)

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