It's possible if you have a vision and you have a dream theres a reason for that
and it's possible to achieve it.
It's just sticking it out.
When you go to the hard times
it makes you stronger and it makes you realize what you have to do.
There's issues in every country.
There's corruption, there's despair there's poverty everywhere
but what are we gonna do about it?
And hopefully, this can be something
that people can use this as inspiration to help others
through their art, through their business through anything they do.
I am Knowa Lazarus of Q-York
I am a MC, Songwriter and CEO of Q-York Edutainment.
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> My name is Flavamatikz; Q-York
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> and I am a Record Producer, Audio Engineer DJ, Artist, Educator.
Basically, I help navigate and lay foundation and connect people and ideas to help spread the movement of us
bringing people together around the world and of course we are starting with The Philippines
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> and also the Filipino community, which is a global community.
Our goal and our vision and our mission is to uplift our people and inspire the youth and also help the poor.
I started DJ'ing when I was about 12 years old
and I was doing it all through High School
and when I went to college. That's when I majored in Music Electronic Technology
where I got a Associates degree. And that was the first time I ever touched the piano and touched the software like Protools and all that stuff.
And that's when I started making beats.
So, I got into record production and audio engineering and mixing and all that stuff.
That was around 1999. That's kind of when Q-York was born.
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> I hit up Knowa. He told me that he was a solo artist and we started recording songs together.
And the rest is pretty much history. We've been making a music ever since.
I always wrote short stories and poetry and things like that. I think growing up Its was kind of a way for me to express myself.
But in terms of discovering music,
in terms of figuring out that there something that maybe I could do or had a gift for
I just remember I was probably 15 years old in New York
I got a fake ID to go to the club
and one of my friends there, these were some of my first Filipino friends I was hanging out with in the New York.
And they told me; said "Hey lets go to this club". So we go in there
There's about a thousand, two thousand Filipinos I remember in a club in New York City
Alright, and then they had a Rap group on stage.
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> <i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> And you know, they weren't Filipino and they were performing their songs and it was a like some thugged out music. <i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i>
You know they talking about a lot of guns and stuff like that.
And I think it countered the vibe that was at the club.
So, these guys on stage they got upset and their like "Oh, F.U. Filipinos."
"Get out of here. You guys know nothing about Hip-Hop We're real Hip-Hop You guys are all trash."
"You guys dont know anything about what real music is."
And the crowd started booing and it looked like a fight was going to break out.
And my friend they knew that I rap. So, they were like, "Hey, why don't you get on stage and just like do a freestyle."
And I was like, "Nah, nah, nah, nah, no." But then there was a girl that I thought was cute. So I was like "Alright. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll do it, I'll do it." <i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i>
So, I went on stage and I freestyled.
And, I don't know what I said but I just remember at that time
<i><b><u><font color=#00000000></font></u></b></i> there was like a Filipino house song that was like they were bumping in New York
It went like "Ay naku Putang Ina Mo!". You might have to sensor that.
But that was that song
and then in the end of my rap I said that "Ay Naku Putanginamo!"
Then everyone started pumping their fists, like 2000 people started pumping their fists after my freestyle
and after that I was just like yeah, I wanna do this for the rest of my life.
And from then on, I started DJ productions, we started doing so many things
and it just became like it was like a light that shined
because it wasn't anything that I was looking for
or trying to do
it just happened at that moment.
And like I said I think all the things I went through from there, that's whats been able
to give us, I think resilience in it.
Because, we've been at it for a long time now, a pretty long time maybe about 15 plus years.
And, we're still doing it!
Yeah, growing up in New York City as a Filipino-American
I mean their's racism everywhere even here in the Philippines but over there, you know
I guess growing up I didn't look too "Asian" quote, unquote.
So I really get like those like a old Chinese jokes or whatever.
I kind of didn't know what a Filipino was because I grew up in a single-mother household.
Where she would work at night like 4 to 12. And then so you know, when I would go to school
I would come home and just hang out with friends.
Most of my friends were Hispanic and I kind of grew up around that community, like the Latino community.
I mean that was it was growing up, but then when I got to know the Filipino-American community
and know a little history of The Philippines thats when I grew to know what a Filipino was
and then now I could represent it.
You know, I mentioned Tony Meloto before I mean when we moved to the Philippines I remember asking him
I said "Tito Tony should I move to The Philippines?"
and he was like. "Yeah, your people need a voice You know help give them a voice."
then I told him, "Yeah, pero hindi ako masyado magaling ako mag Tagalog. You know, kahit mag praktis akong araw-araw,
I'll never be as good somebody who was born here cause I'm just not a native speaker."
And the nuances of the language and everything. And I remember him telling me, "Well, tell the story of our people to the world in English."
And I feel like that's what this became because we've been here 6 or 7 years living here.
We went through struggles. There was times being quasi-homeless
There was times not having any money just living on miracles where people would give us food or things like that.
And I think going through that journey of not knowing what's gonna happen
and then coming out in the other side.
Knowing that hey, we fought against all of those odds and made it this far. It was kind of like, what are we gonna do with this now?
'Cause we kind of a have a platform. Are we just going to keep playing the game? Is what we're here for?
Or are we here to change the game?
It was sacrifice and I would think it if there is the biggest sacrifice. It's being away from my daughter.
Shes in L.A. now in school. Being commited to The Philippine Dream, being commited to this vision, to this mission
brings me away from her.
So, I'm here in The Philippines now. I will not see her until July. Which is another 3 months from now. So, I try to keep in touch and do whatever I can.
When I'm there, I maximize the time. I think that would be it but I would feel like everything happens for a reason because on the same note
you know the fact that I have to be in the U.S more or in L.A it kind of forces me or us as Q-York to be a bridge
to not only to be a connected here but to be connected there.
Currently, I'm not able to see my daughter right now but what we're doing especially with The Philippine Dream and all that stuff and the Q-York stuff,
one day we'll be reunited and you know we'll be chillin'.
I know she got my genes so, I know she understands as much as I do and everything will be all good no matter what.
Q-York 10 years from now. A worldwide brand recognized in all 7 continents.
A movie, I guess telling our story.
The Philippine Dream
album whenever this comes out. I guess it's currently on the way to going Gold.
So in 10 years, sana The Philippines Dream album will be Diamond or further than that.
Besides all that about ourselves, I mean, I'd say building a school. Building a town or a village for the poor.
Touring, giving workshops, inspiring others, connecting others.
Teaching people about social artistry and social entrepreneurship.
And when I say social artistry and social entrepreneurship it's using your art or using your business for profit
but not just for profit to yourself. It's using it to make social impact.
It's using it to create jobs consciously for others and not just jobs for them to work for you but to create opportunities.
And creating some kind of program like that, where we empower artists and we empower businessmen and entrepreneurs
to have that opportunity not just to help themselves but to help the others in their community.
Those are things that I think that this music and this album has become. It's so much bigger
the\an just a music. The music is just the vehicle
and I think thats the most important thing. That's where we're headed within the next decade
or ten years is to be able to create those platforms to give resources and also give inspiration to others
to be able to duplicate what we've done. 'Cause I think that's the most important thing when you go at something in the world
and you accomplish it. You want to be able to empower others to work within that system and I think as Q-York
now the stage that we are at, that's what we're developing, a system and we're developing platforms and resources. We also have a media company
we're working on NEU BREED MEDIA of course with Direk Leandro
so that will be where we can produce all of our materials and create content.
Producing music and we want to be able to give back through these platforms and resources.
And I think that is the ultimate goal.
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