"If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.
~ Raquel Cepeda ~












Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet...
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"When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.
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