Malcolm Washington

That's right. Both cousins. Right. Right. You know, I noticed how in interviews, both of you guys, you kind of say it offhandedly, but you regularly rep Los Angeles as your hometown. And... I want to know what does it mean for the both of you to identify not only as Angelenos, but, you know, you're Black Angelenos. And then you also come from like a very privileged section of that then as well.

That's right. Both cousins. Right. Right. You know, I noticed how in interviews, both of you guys, you kind of say it offhandedly, but you regularly rep Los Angeles as your hometown. And... I want to know what does it mean for the both of you to identify not only as Angelenos, but, you know, you're Black Angelenos. And then you also come from like a very privileged section of that then as well.

I mean, how did growing up here influence your art and your taste?

I mean, how did growing up here influence your art and your taste?

I mean, how did growing up here influence your art and your taste?

I love LA so much. I think LA is just an incredible city. There's so many amazing cultures that come together there. It's a place that's both a physical place and metaphysical in that when people think about it, there's an idea of what LA is, and then there's kind of a lived experience of what LA is. I like that it operates on a couple different fronts. I think that it...

I love LA so much. I think LA is just an incredible city. There's so many amazing cultures that come together there. It's a place that's both a physical place and metaphysical in that when people think about it, there's an idea of what LA is, and then there's kind of a lived experience of what LA is. I like that it operates on a couple different fronts. I think that it...

I love LA so much. I think LA is just an incredible city. There's so many amazing cultures that come together there. It's a place that's both a physical place and metaphysical in that when people think about it, there's an idea of what LA is, and then there's kind of a lived experience of what LA is. I like that it operates on a couple different fronts. I think that it...

functions kind of like how Pittsburgh functions in, in our story, the piano lesson, where it's a, it's a place, especially for black people. It's a place where, um, in the great migration, so many black people came in search of opportunity to build a new life, to build themselves up.

functions kind of like how Pittsburgh functions in, in our story, the piano lesson, where it's a, it's a place, especially for black people. It's a place where, um, in the great migration, so many black people came in search of opportunity to build a new life, to build themselves up.

functions kind of like how Pittsburgh functions in, in our story, the piano lesson, where it's a, it's a place, especially for black people. It's a place where, um, in the great migration, so many black people came in search of opportunity to build a new life, to build themselves up.

So it's a, it's a place built off of the, not only the hopes, but the labor of dreams, you know, like somebody had to build that place. Um, and I, I think that it lives in, it's, it's lives in that, you know,

So it's a, it's a place built off of the, not only the hopes, but the labor of dreams, you know, like somebody had to build that place. Um, and I, I think that it lives in, it's, it's lives in that, you know,

So it's a, it's a place built off of the, not only the hopes, but the labor of dreams, you know, like somebody had to build that place. Um, and I, I think that it lives in, it's, it's lives in that, you know,

You know, as a kid growing up in the 90s, your father Denzel, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, I'll even throw in like Eddie Murphy and just so many people. They played such a big role in the construction of Black Pride for so many, myself included. And I'm just... I really want to know how that felt internally to grow up among it and in it.

You know, as a kid growing up in the 90s, your father Denzel, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, I'll even throw in like Eddie Murphy and just so many people. They played such a big role in the construction of Black Pride for so many, myself included. And I'm just... I really want to know how that felt internally to grow up among it and in it.

You know, as a kid growing up in the 90s, your father Denzel, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, I'll even throw in like Eddie Murphy and just so many people. They played such a big role in the construction of Black Pride for so many, myself included. And I'm just... I really want to know how that felt internally to grow up among it and in it.

Like was black history and black pride also something that your parents instilled in you in the way that like just to the public they were instilling in all of us?

Like was black history and black pride also something that your parents instilled in you in the way that like just to the public they were instilling in all of us?

Like was black history and black pride also something that your parents instilled in you in the way that like just to the public they were instilling in all of us?