With music as passion and saving lives as a vocation, Armando Cano Aguilar “K-1” combines his work in the Fire Department of Ciudad Juárez with the art of hip-hop, and shares his story in the documentary “Revbels”.
After living in the midst of violence and losing some friends, seven years ago the border decided to “spit” what he felt, saw and lived and to create experiential lyrics, so he is convinced that music can also save lives. “K-1” is one of the hip-hop characters that shows the documentary financed by the municipality of Juárez with the aim of demonstrating that art can help empower people and become a resistance against violence. “Who is doing something? Rap is war and is born as a freedom of expression towards oppression,” said the artist in the film of an hour and a half that was presented on Saturday night before the artists themselves, their families and Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, who said he was convinced of the enormous talent that the Juarenses have, who take advantage of their abilities to send a good message to the youth. In the video produced by Gerardo “Freeman” Medina and Gilberto Mauricio and directed by Valeria Guerrero, Ricardo Hernández “Zeklos” also participated, as a designer; Eduardo Manzano “Pok 37” in musical production, and 35 rappers. The objective is that artists and social leaders share their passion for break dance, rap and graffiti in primary and secondary schools in Ciudad Juárez, through how art has changed their lives and those of other people. The documentary begins abroad of the art room Germán Valdés ‘Tin Tan’, with a tour of the musical culture of Ciudad Juárez, from the Pachucos and Los Cholos, to the current rap, highlighting how the extreme climate and violence have marked the youth of the border, who despite the panorama rebel to take their own direction. “Pok 37”, Miguel Medrano, Miroslava Venegas, Ricardo Hernández, “K-1”, Teresa Almada Mireles, Antonio Blanco, Ricardo Medina Herrera, “Freeman” and Erick Barraza López are part of the characters that tell their stories with the purpose of promoting hip-hop in the city. Activist Teresa Almada Mireles, director of the Civil Association Center for Juvenile Advice and Promotion (House), tells how through music and art workshops since 1994 combat violence between Juárez Youth. “In the early 90s, the theme of the neighborhoods, of the gangs was still very strong, you could not pass from one place to another”, so the alternative was to create battles of Break Dance in the streets to avoid direct confrontations. We also worked to legitimize graffiti as a form of expression of young people and gangs; In addition to creating recording cabins to use rap as a tool so that they could get all the anger and all resentment, but also dreams, he said. Antonio Blanco “Ablah” of the Tenda of Christ, also uses rap as a form of social reintegration of young people with problems with the law and prevention of substance use. Through music, the rapper promotes dialogue, inclusion and empowerment, with the help of emotional accompaniment. Although he studied engineering, at the “Freeman” dance he found the sense of what he was born, shared the Juarense who has represented this border in different parts of the world and for 17 years has imparted community workshops to children and adolescents in the city. At the end of the video, the mayor said he is very excited to see all the good that art can do to youth and stressed that it is important that the documentary is disseminated and reaches the children and young people because it highlights the positive of Juarez.
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