00:00It wasn't difficult filming those scenes because it was really what I lived, you know?
00:04And I mean, it's just like everything.
00:06In my music, I talk about what I live, so it's just basically a representation of that, but visually.
00:13All I ever wanted to do was make music.
00:18But I had to do whatever it takes to protect my family.
00:21Back then, when I started my music career, I was always looking for something different,
00:34something that the general corridos, because the corridos would be speaking about stuff
00:39that I wouldn't be living about.
00:41So I would really speak on just topics that I know about, that I'm comfortable speaking
00:45on, singing stories about my friends.
00:47And, yeah, it was basically from there that I seen that it wasn't something that was
00:54going to be accepted, you know, because it was just the old school was where it's at.
00:59And everybody, once they're set to something, that's what they're set to, you know?
01:02It's just like everything else, you know?
01:04There was a point in time where those corridos weren't accepted.
01:07It was just a matter of growing.
01:08They'll like it eventually.
01:17I mean, my first ever viral moment, we had just released a song with, this was my biggest
01:25project to that date, my biggest song, which was Cosas de la Clica.
01:29And I released it with Fuerza RĂ©gida and Legado 7.
01:33We released it, I forgot the date, but once we released it, it hit a million views in a
01:38day.
01:38And at that point, it was like something that was unheard of in the Mexican genre.
01:42Like, it was just something you would just see in the rap scene.
01:45So it was definitely something that was unexplainable, you know?
01:48I would never think of ever being able to hit those numbers, you know?
01:52And then just to translate that now to a movie, you know, just being in the big motion pictures
01:57is just something as a kid that I would always see movies, would never expect myself to see,
02:02you know?
02:02Man, yeah, it's tough times for my people right now.
02:07I feel like tough times won't last, but just like it's always been, the majority of the
02:13supporters, you know, have always been Latino, even for whatever project it may be, if it's
02:19American, if it's African-American, whatever the title might be of a movie.
02:23It's a big fan base, you know?
02:24And it's something that's definitely going to be touching the culture because it is the
02:28culture, you know?
02:29This is where I come from.
02:30You know, it's a, I'm Mexican-American, but I come from a migrant family that left Mexico
02:36to pursue a better dream for their kids, you know, which is me and my three older brothers.
02:41And, you know, eventually being able to make it for them, and that's, it's the American
02:45dream.
02:45In Yuba City, I've been picking fruit for as long as I remember.
02:50Migrant workers do what no one else wants to do in this country.
02:53Now, it's my turn to live the American dream.
02:56The movie does take place in, you know, going down from Yuba City down to L.A. and everywhere
03:01in between.
03:02But I feel like it's just a really deep representation of my life.
03:07You know, I was born and raised in Yuba City, California.
03:09So that's literally all I know since I was growing up, you know?
03:13So it was important if the movie's about me, show a little bit about what it's really like,
03:17you know?
03:17There's no shortcut to your dreams, Mia.
03:20Remember that.
03:21My mom used to always tell my dad, what you do in the dark will always come to light.
03:28I was about to find out what that means.
03:30I was able to work hands-on with the directors and everybody basically having my lines ready,
03:37my script ready.
03:38I was able to be hands-on with saying stuff that I would say, you know, more my lingo,
03:43how my people talk, how I talk, you know, like my friends, my group of friends.
03:47We just have like a different way of talking, you know?
03:49So it's just being able to represent that to the full extent.
03:53It's something that I was able to be hands-on with.
03:57And to be honest, if it weren't for the directors, I wouldn't be this comfortable,
04:02you know, with actually participating and switching up stuff and everything,
04:08you know, because they were great.
04:09The whole cast was everybody was like, this is my first time ever.
04:12It's my debut acting.
04:14I've never practiced acting.
04:16I've never took no type of acting classes whatsoever.
04:19So for them to really accept me like they did,
04:24it got me really comfortable with, you know, continuing the scene.
04:28All I can do is make my music because music has always been my destiny.
04:34Yeah, that's what we're shooting for in this film, you know,
04:36to just motivate kids out there that come from a rough family, from a rough past.
04:40It definitely is a teachable moment for the next ones up and coming.
04:44And I hope it's inspirational, you know, to just show that you can go out there
04:49and get it no matter where you come from, where your roots are.
Comments