2MX2

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Local, state, national, and international performing artists like 2MXE really take a community approach to their music. They share their passion and love for working to bring music to communities and make real connection with their audiences across the country and around the world. Here’s what they say about the Move Mountains Project:

Trujillo: We’ve been in contact with some of the youth here since we were here last July, so it was exciting to reconnect with them. We were only here as performers last time, so when we got here as facilitators of workshops, it was a little different. We have a fine line to walk between the cool artists that we are versus the authority figures that we have become. I think that when we started by performing and then talking individually with them, it was like a sigh of relief for them that we didn’t have more policing adults–although we were. We were subliminally doing it, but it was really cool to get to know each one of the youths. They had a lot of insight, too, on what works in music, what they’re listening to now, and which parts of our workshops actually benefited them. I think we learned a lot from them on how to be better workshop facilitators, how to perform better, and how to also explain better. Sometimes, I think that artists have a hard time explaining their art. I have a hard time explaining anything sometimes, but with art, it’s even more complex.

Hugo: Yeah, definitely. What I actually get from it–anytime I’m working with kids–is that they’re just so ahead of where we were back at their age. They’re just so onto things, and they’re quick learners–they pick things up really fast. Most of the time, I end up learning more from them, through the questions, ideas, and theories they come up with. When I hear from them, it’s like, “Oh.” It’s something so simple but it’s something I hadn’t thought of in that way. So that’s an awesome part for me. And watching the video of all the things that the kids had done leading up to us getting there–through our time there, that was really beautiful, and I hadn’t experienced anything like that. I was even telling Owen, I wish they had something like that when I was a kid because it recaps everything and really makes visible, wow, all the things that were accomplished, and it’s amazing.

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Biography:

2MX2 naturally attracts a diverse crowd of music lovers to enjoy the unique yet harmonious unification between hip hop music and other popular genres. 2MX2 is made up of a couple modern day geeks named Owen Trujillo and Juice E.T Hugo. These musically savvy class clowns and their beat-boxing DJ, DJ R Skwared have one of the most entertaining live shows that hip hop has to offer. 2MX2 often change the paradigm towards hip hop music with their cumbia and mariachi infused hip hop, inspiring stories, catchy hooks in both English and Spanish, and tongue twisting lyrics. One could say, that in the funniest and most socially-consciously-aware way possible, 2MX2 gets their audience dancing like no one is watching.