Hollis Wong-Wear draws a line from her mother’s heritage to her creative freedom .
Hollis Wong-Wear takes us through the story of her mother’s immigration to the U.S. and how it informed her childhood and what it’s mean to her creativity and sense of freedom.
About the speaker
Hollis Wong-Wear is a writer, performing artist and creative producer based in Seattle. As a vocalist, she sings with the indie electronic dance group The Flavr Blue and was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year for her vocal performance on "White Walls" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. She has also produced over a dozen music videos, including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' viral hit "Thrift Shop." With her creative roots in spoken word poetry, Hollis has also been a teaching artist with Arts Corps and Youth Speaks Seattle, and handles operations for hip-hop duo Blue Scholars. Recently, she has been in rotation as a host at LoveCityLove on Capitol Hill.
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Hip-hop is this culture of determining one’s own story, determining one’s own voice against silence, against marginalization, against sensibilities that are meant to oppress and quiet.
For me, freedom was voice. It was activating that person within me that was like: I am an individual.
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