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We are here with Death row records artist Julian Torres.
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Oh oh Yes. So I'm gonna just get into it because
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And it's just crazy because right before you know,
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we, we press the record button.
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This man used to sing at my uncle's restaurant like he used
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to sing at my uncle's restaurant.
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So shout out to Guara grill like this.
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Yeah. So it's crazy because it's full circle and I probably
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saw you sing at his restaurant and now you're signed with Death
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Row Records, Snoop Dogg like Snoop's record label.
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How do you feel about that?
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It's an amazing feeling.
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I've been singing since three years old professionally in front of everyone
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I love mariachi music.
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I love Nosa cultura.
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I'm very proud and I'm very happy to be able to be
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part of history. Yes,
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I remember when you like played at Dodger Stadium and it was
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like such a beautiful moment of your stadium being a huge place
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a huge moment for me personally because as a
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kid, I was part of the W program and for those
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of you that don't know what the wiw I program is women
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infants and Children program that helps families,
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low income. And we were put into the drawing
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to be able to throw the first pitch at Dodger Stadium and
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we were the family that won.
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So we go to Dodger Stadium.
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I, I'm a little kid playing Little League baseball,
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so I was a pro and I get there and they're like
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OK, you're gonna throw the ball.
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So I threw the ball and I was there on the mound
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and I turned around,
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I turned to my mom like I can,
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I'm going to sing here one day,
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I'm going to sing and,
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and my mom turned around and she's like,
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you're, you're gonna,
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you're gonna sing here one day,
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you know, fast forward.
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So many years I get the opportunity to sing at Dodger Stadium
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And was able to be part of so many historic
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moments, the All Star games there at Dodger Stadium,
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the celebrity All Star game national anthems and just performances for Taco
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Tuesday. And I invited my parents for the Mexican Heritage
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Night where I was going to sing both national anthems.
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They were there. And my sister,
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I was so lucky enough that my sister took a video of
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my parents' reaction of me singing there.
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I've never seen my father cry.
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I mean, there have been very limited times that I've
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seen them actually crying.
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So it was a special moment to give them that in life
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Right. They're living and they're experiencing all their sacrifices,
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all their hard work,
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everything they do for us,
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it was something that I really wanted to give for sure.
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Like from the moment that you threw the,
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the pitch, the wig like the NP and where you are
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it's like a full circle.
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That's beautiful, beautiful.
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I know that you're also a,
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Because you also have a day job,
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I'm doing both full time as of now.
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I mean, when all of this happened,
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I was already on my 19th year as a special ed para
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professional for Los Angeles Unified School District.
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So I had been doing that for a while and I
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had been giving music lessons,
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like vocal lessons, trumpet lessons and it's really gratifying.
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It's, it's rewarding.
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Yeah, definitely. That's awesome.
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That's so cool. And like,
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do your students, like,
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how is your relationship with your students?
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like, have they heard you see,
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like, actually perform?
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I keep it on the low.
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I'm sure they're familiar with Snoop Dogg.
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Do they know, do they know that they don't know what
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If I had a teacher and I'm like,
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dad, you're signed with Snoop Dogg Label,
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what the heck? Talk about a secret life.
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You know, I try to keep it on the I get
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it. They might get a little starstruck.
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Well, thank you so much,
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Julian, thank you for coming,
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Thank you so much and I can't wait to see you perform
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I will keep looking out for any performances that you have
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It would be so great.
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Definitely, I have some,
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I mean, I'm going to be performing at City Hall for
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Mexican Independence Day. I'm also going to be at the Ford
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Amphitheater on the 14th of September.
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Now I'm going to be singing inside of Disneyland's California Adventure.
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congratulations with all these opportunities.
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And where can people follow you on social media and keep,
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you know, keep updated with you.
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You could find me on social media.
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Julian Torres underscore official there.
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You could click the link that I have there and you could
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purchase my limited edition vinyl.
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Yes, from that record.
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So you could purchase that there.
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Well, before we let you go for real,
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can you teach me how to do a GRITO?
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Because I suck at it hard,
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it just comes within right when you do a GRITO.
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But the easiest way I could tell you if you could slide
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Right. Yeah, I think so.
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I think that's the easiest way like milita from Coco.
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Let's hear you. And I'll try to,
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let's start at, well,
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you have a higher voice than I do.
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