The prolific artist has co-produced and self-released a string of groundbreaking projects, from Hip-Hop/Neo-Soul fusion albums to Spoken Word/Jazz collaborations. Molina’s most recent releases include a 7-inch vinyl single titled “Fam Biz” with DJ Icewater, full-length album “Name & Town” with Albuquerque producer Diles, and a fresh experimental project dubbed “Build 2020”, which combines oratory and mixtape style production. Build 2020 puts the past and future into perspective and advocates that young people begin building their vision for the year 2020 now.
Outside of the laboratory, Molina has performed at hundreds of events nationwide, from club stages and entertainment venues to cultural festivals and university ballrooms, community centers and public school auditoriums. Molina regularly visits schools, student organizations, group homes, and youth correctional facilities in efforts to build knowledge and community with young people across racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Performance highlights include presenting poetry to the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in Lincoln City, OR; performing at the world premiere of Papers the movie in Portland, OR; performing at the official event launch for Green Spaces in New York City; visiting inner city high schools in Albuquerque, NM as a featured artist of the National Hispanic Cultural Center; serving as keynote speaker for Latino College Day events in Farmington, NM and Durango, CO; performing at the Real History of the Americas at Fort Lewis College; hosting a citywide Soulaju Youth Jam and Climate Justice Workshop in Denver, CO, performing at the International Café Nuba documentary and spoken word festival in Denver, CO, and performing as the featured act at the 14th annual Shepard Symposium for Social Justice at the University of Wyoming.
Molina recently served as the Music Supervisor for “Papers”, a documentary film about undocumented youth which has now screened in all 50 states. Molina teaches Chicano Studies, Hip-Hop Studies, and Media Studies courses at the college level. He lectures nationally and is a lead instructor for Flobots.Org, teaching afterschool programs for Denver city youth and developing curriculum for the organization’s Art to Action program. Molina is a proud member of Denver’s Café Cultura artist collective, a community-oriented performance hub that supports the city’s Latino and Indigenous artists.
Molina has taken his inspiration from Rap and has utilized his passion to represent ideas, causes, and courses of action that are bigger than Hip-Hop. As Molina’s music and influence grows, so does his program of work with young people across the United States and across borders.
