JEY ARMY

Jefferson Peter Mogollon Chauca / Chacarita, Callao

Army because I don’t stay silent, I’m always loaded with words.

I grew up with my mother and my grandmother, in a very strict household. The six children of my
grandmother were like my fathers, mine was never present.

I started playing soccer and I learned to fight, to encourage myself. I managed to receive scholarships but left after a year, this a world of favoritism and sometimes talent doesn’t cut it. I finished school and I started to work as a stevedore, at sixteen.

I’ve always loved poetry, to compose and write. I started to make rhymes, I rapped and felt approval from my friends: “you have flow” they said, that encouraged me and since my first song “Anda solo” (Go Alone), I haven’t stopped making them.

I get inspired by artists in the urban genre, but I think that God places people in my life so I can hear and listen to them and one of them is “El Salsa”, their stories and conversation are what teach me the most.

I write songs because it’s the way I get to express what I’ve lived through, “Solo contra el mundo” (Alone Against the World) is like my anthem, I also write about love and heartbreak, the strength to face life head on, Trap allows me to let off steam. In my room I find my muse.
If I could say anything to the world I would say “we did it”, because not only did I accomplish this, but I did it alongside others. That’s why what I most want is to help other people in my “barrio”, my country.

Monumental Music has been a bridge for us, the project has offered unity between “the barrios” and the youngsters, we have values, more responsibility, we are filled with dreams, goals, and we are not going to stop; our career has just started and our endgame is to spread awareness about social consciousness. Our families will recognize our strength that’s lasted many years and I’m sure that we will be able to inspire others. Today I celebrate life because I do what I love, music, and I’m able to spread my happiness with the people I work with.