But now, since graffiti came out, I guess it all tied in to the hip-hop. They met, they’re both teachers, my mother’s an art teacher, so that’s how I learnt to draw and do all that, by force. My parents, my mother’s from Baltimore, Maryland, and my father’s from South Carolina. Where are you from and how did you get to New York?īorn in Houston, Texas, and then moved. I guess, just first of all, to somebody who’s been closely associated with the purist, New York hip-hop sound, maybe some folks might be surprised to notice you’re not actually from New York. We do these lectures and we talk a little bit about creative issues but also your life and your career. Then we do Toronto tonight for the Red Bull Academy, big up to them, and big up to everybody that’s representing the Red Bull Academy for having me here, I’m glad to be here. Did Ottawa, then we did Montreal, then we did Hamilton last night, which was insane. Been on tour for the last three days here. I don’t have any Kleenex so you can blow your nose and cry and all that.

Thank you, Chairman Mao, and by the way, you are important, brother, because you are really hip-hop. He has worked with some of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time, he’s also produced some of the greatest hip-hop records of all time, so by those two facts you can deduce that he is one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. My name is Jeff Mao, AKA Chairman Mao, AKA Chairman Jefferson Mao but that’s not important, because this gentleman here is our guest, our first lecturer in this two-week term. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here.

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