Gonzales, Armando; Torrez, Eduardo (friend/friend). Flores Library, 2009-12-16T15:00:00
File — Interview-ID: MBY006065
Interview Description
Armando Gonzales (17) talks with his friend Eduardo Torrez (17) about their friendship, their love of rap music, football, and gangbanging.
Facilitator Subject Log
5:23 how they met each other in the second grade; football
9:00 Eduardo has a lot of brothers and sisters; rapping together; how Armando started rapping; Houston rap versus Atlanta rap
14:00 verses and songs written; freestyling; experience freestyling
26:31 what subjects they like at school? writing and reading; what do they like to read?
36:42 The future of race in America; "everyone goes to jail "; "you get more time for selling dope than murder "
Dates
- Creation: 2009-12-16T15:00:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Atlanta, GA
- Best Friends
- Discrimination
- Enemies
- Favorite Songs
- Fear
- Football
- Gangs
- Grades
- Graduation
- Grandparents
- Houston rap
- Houston, TX
- Identity
- Listening Habits
- Parents
- Racism
- Reading
- Schools
- Siblings
- Singing
- Students
- Teachers
- Town Life
- Urban Life
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- birth of niece
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- electronics
- family naming and nicknames
- family trips and excursions
- flo
- fly straight
- football scholarship
- freestyling
- gangbanging
- going to jail
- memories of former times
- money
- personal experiences
- prejudice
- rapping
- regrets
- school day memories
- science
- song composing
- writing and reading
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
Contact:
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Austin Texas 78712 United States
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2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu