An Ode To Black Trans Lives With TYGAPAW

INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 8:40Episode 24 of Club Management has arrived
and this time we welcome producer, nightlife curator and label
boss, Dion McKenzie to the show. You might know her as @TYGAPAW,
the NYC DJ and producer that’s smashing the societal confines of
the patriarchy one beat at a time. She’s a core figure within
NYC’s LGBTQ nightlife community as the creator of @FakeAccent, a
label and party that is notoriously dedicated to incredible music
as well as a home for black, brown and the LGBTQIA+ community to
perform and be themselves. Deeply inspired from Dion’s Jamaican
roots and her experience living as an immigrant in NYC, Fake
Accent gives a platform and home to black, queer and non-binary
artists to release music and art. For Dion, Fake Accent was a way
for her to create a little taste of home after she left Jamaica
in 2002 to attend Parsons in NYC. The move also served as an
escape from the painful reminder of Jamaica’s cultural issues
with homophobia and misogyny. For Dion, coming to terms and
learning to love her own queerness, she found roots in NYC and a
space to truly be herself. In this episode, Shannon speaks with
TYGAPAW about her musical journey, how to empower yourself
through identity and the state of unrest currently with violence
and police brutality. She also shares her thoughts on how these
societal issues impact the Trans community. In addition, TYGAPAW
sheds light on her new project "Ode To Black Trans Lives", a 3
track stellar EP that melds breakbeat rhythms and industrial
clashes to shed light on the policing of the Black Trans
community.Tracklist ~ "Ode To Black Trans Lives" by TYGAPAW"The
Meek Shall Inherit The Earth" by TYGAPAWFollow TYGAPAW -
https://fakeaccent.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-black-trans-livesFollow
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