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🇯🇲prodigal daughter of los angeles…
nothing to see here..
better in person.

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Since a youngin I been on that ride or die shit

MY PEOPLES

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@holstonmedia does AMAZING work

Highlights from ‘GROOV & FRIENDS: JAZZ-HOP NIGHT’ SOLD OUT SHOW at the @airlinerbar 9/1/26💐

#JazzHop #LosAngelesJazz #LosAngelesHipHop #LosAngelesLiveMusic #JazzNight

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Really in the field HEADASS

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Mañana, 5 de julio, es el Día de la Independencia de Venezuela. 🇻🇪

Y hoy más que nunca, para mí, “Gloria al bravo pueblo” significa otra cosa.

Significa gloria a cada venezolano que, sin importar dónde esté, ha tendido una mano a otro. A quienes tuvieron que empezar de cero y aun así siguen sonriendo. A quienes cargan con la nostalgia de su tierra, pero nunca dejan de llevar a Venezuela en el corazón.

Porque eso es lo que somos.

No somos los estereotipos que nos han querido imponer. Somos una cultura hermosa, resiliente y llena de talento. Un pueblo que, incluso en los momentos más difíciles, encuentra la fuerza para seguir adelante, apoyarse y salir con la frente en alto.

Mañana celebro nuestra independencia, pero sobre todo celebro a mi gente.

Gloria al bravo pueblo. Siempre. 🇻🇪❤️

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6/6/09 a 13 year old Marcus ‘Groovyie’ Garcia was arrested and charged with a felony.

EXACTLY 17 years later I renewed my contract to teach creative writing inside of juvenile halls.

Having a record at such a young age alters the way a young person views themselves. Today 57% of incarcerated youth in San Bernardino County are Latino with about an 80% chance of returning back to prison. My first week of high school I had court - it was also my 14th birthday. I would either spend my entire freshman year behind bars or at a regular public school. Transitions for a teenager are already so tough, and in 2009 Fontana Unified School District didn’t exactly have the best resources to support young Black & Brown youth. Sitting in that cell, I didn’t really know what to think of myself. And I’d be lying if I said I stopped doing certain things after my arrest. I repeatedly made the same mistake for YEARS.

“Why do I keep making the same mistakes when I was a kid?” It wasn’t until my 5th year in therapy until I finally figured it out - I needed to change the way I viewed myself. I never forgave myself. I’m not the same kid that was doing 211’s. I’m not the kid that was homeless. I’m not the kid that got st*bbed. I’m not the kid that carried protection with him. I’m safe now. I don’t need to keep making sure of it. And most important - I’m not a criminal anymore.

2 Corinthians 7:10 NIV “”Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”

Today I’m a lot of things. A brother, community member, college graduate, producer, writer, rapper, model, teacher, runner, boxer, friend, mentor, believer, I also like to step outside and read at a cafe time to time.

Point is - LIFE CHANGES

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A decade down…

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From beginning to end, you’ll always have your friends.

@yeaitstotter I couldn’t tag you… awkward…

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Forgot to post this series I shot with my muse @santi — inspired by his love for his country, Venezuela 🇻🇪 Shot in the backyard hills of the @dollhausla with my favorite dolls. 💋 @slatheritup for more of my photography 📸

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MADE IN #VENEZUELA 🇻🇪

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Turns out the side quests were the destination all along.

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From my first performance EVER at Fontana High Schools @fohi_steelers multicultural festival in 2013 (w/ my dawg @albertoreyes__ )- to my first headline show in Los Angeles last week at @airlinerbar
13 years EXACTLY apart. It was written.

‘MARCUS’ OUT NOW EVERYWHERE!👟🌹

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