Word To Your Mama

OG CHINO: Renaissance Man | Owner of Escala In this episode OG Chino talks about his journey of being born in South Korea, spending his formative years in Colombia then moving to Los Angeles where the Latino / Cholo community embraced him. From LA to Dallas to NYC, to globe trotting as the tour manager for the The X-Ecutioners and back to LA where he opened Escala, a LA Colombian Korean restaurant...

Maricel Sison : Photographer, Principal at The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Ladies of Sound Founder In this episode Maricel talks about her journey of being a successful photographer to becoming the principal at The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, creating a DJ school infrastructure from scratch, her personal / creative growth , the importance of maintaining your own identity in a relation...

Ep. 27 Lady Imix & DJ Phatrick: Heartbreak Monday Radio In this episode Lady Imix and DJ Phatrick share the show’s origin story , show BTS, the importance of representation and investing in their community. They also take on a song challenge from Chef Roy Choi while challenging “the box of masculinity”. Questions/Comments from the audience : The Villianess Miracle Etim-Andy Ep. 7 WTYM guest Co...

Ep. 26 Liza & Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez: Creative Hustlers and Co-founders of Street Theory In this episode the dynamic married duo talk about the road to becoming 100% independent, joining forces to create Street Theory , hot tips on working together, how important it is to align with your clients and so much more. Questions/Comments from the audience : ManOne  Madtwiinz  Cey Adams...

Ep. 25 Man One: Painting Sly Stone’s RV at 4am on the P-Funk tip MAN ONE - ARTIST, MURALIST, AND ENTREPRENEUR In this episode Man Uno, talks about his family’s mental health lesson of the year, how Overton Lloyd harassed him into painting Sly Stone’s RV at 4am on the P Funk tip, how he deals with biters and so much more. Questions/Comments from the audience : Overton Lloyd Marka27 Vyalone During T...

Relatives , a podcast within a podcast.  Relatives explores the  history of when a 1st generation Mexican girl and a Black girl meet in South Bay San Diego and become Relatives . We discuss Black and Brown unity, Hip Hop, overcoming trauma, crazy movie type moments navigating life and much more. In this episode we fade in talking about trusting your gut, we have a OG N&N girls update...

Joseph “Jazzbo” Patel - Film & TV, Producer & Director. Producer of Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) , directed by Questlove , and winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2021 Sundance Film Awards. - Former Writer , DJ and member of SoleSides. - Former creative director and producer at Fader, Vevo, Vice and MTV.  In this episode I get t...

Linda Morel | Emmy Award Winning Producer for Key & Peele On the heels of wrapping season 2 of A Black Lady Sketch Show , Linda Morel talks about having to focus on her rad, chola mom’s (Echo Park Represent) health during the pandemic, her non-linear career path, the need to cultivate Black, Indigenous, and People of Color talent in the Entertainment industry, her desire to break the Emmy Awar...

Aaron “Woes” Martin: Artist / Creator of The Boom Bap Kids We talk about how Marka27 and Biz Markie brought Woes and I together, how Hip Hop has permeated every aspect of our lives, the impact a severe car crash had on the trajectory of his life, the origin of The Boom Bap Kids and so much more. Woes is familia and this convo was filled with joy and mad laughs. Questions from the audience: Jerome...

Ep. 20 Ritzy P: The Past and Mental Health So why don’t I have a new episode with a new dope special guest? Because of my past. My past has reared its head and said NOPE. BUT, because of therapy and doing the mf work, I’ve been knocked down but not knocked the f out. So this episode is about advocating for mental health. Trying to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within our communities. B...

Relatives , a podcast within a podcast.  Relatives explores the  history of when a 1st generation Mexican girl and a Black girl meet in South Bay San Diego and become Relatives . We discuss Black and Brown unity, Hip Hop, overcoming trauma, crazy movie type moments navigating life and much more. In this fourth installment we talk about Paco aka Calid Mohammid (R.I.P.) , how we should hav...

Repping Gen Y: Mariano S. | Ever-Changing Life Learner Repping Gen Z: Anna Tingin | 2nd year UCLA Student double majoring in Neuroscience and American Indian Studies In this episode I have an honest convo with two amazing multi-cultural young whipper snappers about their experience growing up with the internet, smart phones, social media and “intruder drills”. We discuss online ethics, saying no t...

Jae Taylor : Author | Husband | Father | Entrepreneur Recently release from 12 years in prison, my hermano in law kicks off our first full blown episode of 2021. We discuss the school to prison pipeline, his insights during his time away where he accomplished so much such as becoming a firefighter and earning multiple degrees. While away, Murs recorded a song about him entitled Okey Dog . We talk...

In our first episode of 2021 Ritzy P and The Supernatural Bear answer questions from the audience breaking down some of their faves from 2020 and what inspires them. Hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. The fight has just begun! Bonus Episode links I’m Telling the Truth but I’m Lying by Bassey Ikpi Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera 24 De Diciembre by Juan Gabriel Christmas Time is He...

Relatives , a podcast within a podcast.  Relatives explores the  history of when a 1st generation Mexican girl and a Black girl meet in South Bay San Diego and become Relatives . We discuss Black and Brown unity, Hip Hop, overcoming trauma, crazy movie type moments navigating life and much more. In this third installment we talk about Palomas, The Supernatural Bear learning the life less...

Ep. 14 Hey Monalisa We discuss Monalisa’s history in the hip hop music scene, dressing down to not attract attention while working, being a woman in a male dominated industry, we discover her root that started her love of liner notes and more. We also have “Questions from the Audience” from B+ , Asad , Rhettmatic and Rakaa . Episode links @monalisa7872 MonaLisa on Dublab Thigh’s High (Grip your hi...

Ep. 13 Now Now Jerome Lu If you listened to Ep. 11 with the big Jerome reveal, then you heard me mention this Jerome. We talk about the origin of his name, how this trash administration has impacted this art/ client work, Asian representation and more. We also have “Questions from the Audience” from Skinner and WTYM Ep. 6 guest Kano . Episode links Jerome Lu Hyperactive Monkey The ABC’s of Monkey...

Ep. 12 Rebeca Cerna Cervantes: Only one “C” Rebeca is a health and equity advocate in a space where public health meets education. We talk about how the focus of her work has been impacted by this trash administration. I ask her if she is able to name any current Latinx leaders/activists which leads us to touch upon colorism/anti-blackness in our community. We discuss recognizing our privilege, wh...

Ep. 11 Lisa “T.I.” Jenkins: The Whitest, Blackest. It’s The Nerd Out Podcast crossover as I talk with one of my favorite peeps and tribe member, Lisa “ Totally Inappropriate” Jenkins. We discuss our origin story, how because of her name, people assume she is Black, how we are both unfortunately part of the dead moms club and about how she was able to rally a group of us women from different parts...

For our first Bonus episode, The Supernatural Bear corner has The SNB reading our first reviews. Hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. The fight has just begun! Bonus Episode links GASenate.com WTYM is brought to you by panoplyBPO : Mention WTYM and get your 13th month of service free. Doyen + Sharp : Mention WTYM and get 10% off your next project.  Word To Your Mama Store : Use...

Mark & Mike Davis - "The Madtwiinz" - Animation Directors I was beyond fortunate to reunite with the super talented and amazing humans, The Madtwiinz. We talk about their origin story, Blokhedz, Boondocks, “I Am a Slave” , microaggressions, music and more. Mike was on the East Coast while Mark was on the West. We made it happened and please believe it, I was hyped! Madtwiinz links Website Inst...

Relatives , a podcast within a podcast. Relatives explores the history of when a 1st generation Mexican girl and a Black girl meet in South Bay San Diego and become Relatives . We discuss Black and Brown unity, Hip Hop, overcoming trauma, crazy movie type moments navigating life and much more. In this second installment we talk about our intro to hood life, getting jumped on our way to get tickets...

In this episode we discuss the current state of the arts and what the future looks like for BIPOC, disabled and LGBTQ+ artists. I was hella fortunate to have 2 amazing BIPOC women to get real, drop gems and provide a little hope for all creatives out there during these crazy times. Colony Little - Freelance Arts Writer Instagram Culture Shock Art Whitney "See In Black" debacle S.F. Camerawork Auct...

Kano Kid - Animator | Artist | Mild Mannered Hooligan Yooooo, I’ve known this “mild-mannered hooligan” for 10 years now. We know he’s an amazing animator and artist but I wanted to go beyond that and talk about diversity in the Animation industry, when keeping it real goes wrong, being your friend’s only true hip hop fan, his health evolution and the “N” word for good measure. Check out the convo...

Dr. Rachel Raimist - Director, Professor and Community builder Dr. Raimist’s story is inspirational. We spoke the morning after we all lost Ruth Bader Ginsburg and our convo was for sure appropriate. We get into how it feels being the only woman, and sometimes the only person of color in white male dominated spaces. We discuss her journey of being a single mom in that “Rap Life”, getting her PH.D,...