Biography

Olmeca is a Bilingual Hip-Hop artist, producer, activist and scholar who has been featured on Complex Magazine, Billboard, NPR, Huffington Post, Noisey, and Democracy Now. His work has been featured on various documentaries on PBS, BBC World, as well as, featured films. He has written music for tv shows including “Sons of Anarchy,” and new series, “The Mayans” on FX and toured Latin American, U.S. and Europe. Olmeca's latest album, “DEFINE" has received numerous accolades and can be found on multiple playlists on Spotify and itunes where some of the singles are reaching 100k plays. "Olmeca is a 21 century shaman and one of the reasons bilingual music is a thing today..." - Noisey "Olmeca is a LatinX musical genius that genre-blends correctly in 'Define' " - GRUNGECAKE Olmeca was awarded a Kennedy Center Artist Fellowship for his commitment to art and activism. ---------------------------------------------------------- Olmeca grew up in the barrios of L.A. and Mexico, a reality that brewed his blending of music genres and cultural sensitivity. His bilingual music has earned him respect and praises in both English and Spanish news outlets and genres (Hip-Hop and Latin Alternative). Olmeca has collaborated with Taboo (Black Eyed Peas), Latin Alternative band, Ozomatli, Hip-Hop legend, Ras Kass, and Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver). Olmeca has toured Canada, Latin America and Europe and has helped spawn a new trend of bilingual Hip-hop.