Juan Zarate

I was born between here and there.Tijuana to be exact. My pops washed

our

hands and had us cross the border. Got lost on the road to riches and

ended

up in the Capital of Segregation, otherwise known as Chicago.

South side till I die, or until it kills me! My scars were born in the

Little Village and Back of the Yards colonias. In the harvest of the drug

land, I live under the influence of trying to hide pain. It's the

ultimate

high.

I fell in love with poetry.I can't remember when or what gang border I

was

submerged in. Hip Hop? I used to love her, I just refuse to be a slave to

anything. I put words between coke lines and flat lines, trying to tell

the

difference between dying slow and living fast.

I been down with Skribe from Kinto Sol for like 13 years. So when I was

ready to say what I have to say it was only instinct to go with fam.

El Hijo de la Calle was a rough draft of the first 24 years of my life.

Stories are based on fact, the rest is influences of experience.good or

bad. I didn't write the album.it wrote itself in front of my eyes.

I used to want to save those that were drowing in that downhill river. Now?

Now I hope you help me do that, just to buy enough time to head uphill to

catch whoever is throwing my people in. This is me.



El hip hop siempre se refleja en la gente de la calle. Sea con ropa, forma de vivir o con la musica. La voz del pueblo siempre se a respetado. Lo verdadero se reconose. El hip hop latino al fin esta reconocido, y como todo arte, la calle sabe la verdad. En medio de esta explosion de musica urbana sale Juan Zarate. Nacio en Tijuana, B.C. y a los 3 anos su familia y el se reubicaron en la ciudad de Chicago.



La letra de Juan Zarate es el testimonio de sus experencias y la lucha. El llanto del asfalto de La Villita, Back of the Yards, Pilsen y todas las communidades del sur de Chicago. Parte positivo parte anti-heroe, el poeta de los barrios representa la calle completa. Lo bueno y malo. Las lagrimas y el dolor. El gusto. La cultura de las pandillas. Los que tienen dos trabajos de sueldo minimo. Las realidades.



Juan Zarate toma el titulo de El Hijo de la Calle muy personal. Todos somos productos del pueblo con todas las influencias. La musica del Juanillo esta hecha como uno, con sabiduria y defectos. En todo el mundo los barrios son iguales. Es por que en todo el mundo, la lucha continua. Donde ay injusticias. ay un rebelde. Definitivamente. Barrio, aqui llego Juan Zarate. Definitivamente.