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Growing up I’ve always admired the arts and unique creations that have come from Japanese Culture even more than my own American and Dominican Cultures. Such as anime series, video games like Pokemon, movies by Japanese Director Hao Miyazaki like Spirited Away or Howl’s Moving Castle. Or even Japanese food like Sushi or Ramen. I feel that I owe it to my mother for introducing me to these things when I was young.

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Being a 100% fully blooded Dominican, there are many parts of Dominican culture that have shaped me into the person I am today. For example we greet family friends of the opposite gender with a kiss on the cheek. We celebrate by getting closer in ways like dancing and drinking. I take my shoes off before I enter a house as common courtesy. I love to eat Dominican food like fried Plantains.

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Growing up in the United States, I was born into American culture even while being raised in a Dominican household. Going to school I learned the English language, learned to play traditional American sports like football or basketball, and grew to love American foods such as pizza and burgers. Living life in the United States has allowed me to have greater opportunities than I would have had in the Dominican Republic.

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Being raised in a Latino family, my mother has always had Mexican friends that we've seen regularly over the years. This has allowed me to see the slight differences between Mexican and Dominican Culture. Some of these differences are the dances and music we listen to, certain traditional dishes from Mexican culture like tamales or mole’ that aren't Dominican dishes. Or even the slight language differences or “slang” that is used is different, for example to say “what” in Dominican Spanish we say “Que” when most Mexicans say “Mande.”

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Music culture has played a big role in making me the person I am today. Growing up and going through depression allowed me to gravitate to certain artists like XXXTENTATION or Juice Wrld. Now both have passed away, may they rest in peace. There are times when we are at our lowest and certain songs connect to us that save us from dark times and dark moments. Their music has inspired & influenced me to create the music I make today. Who cares if I prefer to listen to sad music. Sad music is real, with real emotions and feelings behind it.