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”, responding to comments I’ve received on it, and sharing various anecdotes and observations on how gentrification has impacted New York City throughout my life here.

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