Welcome to Dropping Gems, a podcast presented by Diamond Standard. Diamond Standards aims to promote self-actualization and community development with emphasis on immigrants, people of color, and the working class. In a world where education, resources, and opportunities are often inaccessible to these marginalized communities, I hope this podcast can contribute towards closing that gap and empower us to become healthier and more united global citizens.
In this first episode, I explain the origins of Diamond Standard and how I plan to re-orient my creative output into a “three pillar” approach of music, podcasts, and apparel. I then do a deep dive into the lyrics of my song “Gentrifiers”,...