Bobbito's #LifeIn5

World-renowned DJ, award-winning filmmaker, author, and #KenCenHipHop Culture Council member Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love joins #KenCenHipHop to present his #LifeIn5. During the 1990s the legendary personality was one-half of the groundbreaking Stretch and Bobbito radio show, which introduced the world to artists like Nas, Biggie, and Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Fugees. The radio show was recognized as “The Best Of All-Time” by the Source Magazine and received high praise from the NY Times. As an award-winning filmmaker, García has directed Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC (PBS, Netflix), Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (Showtime, Netflix), and NY Times “Critics’ Pick" Rock Rubber 45s (Smithsonian African American Film Festival 2018 official selection). Off air and screen, Bobbito has been at the forefront of sneaker journalism with contributions via Source Magazine dating back as far as the 1990s to authoring the critically acclaimed book Where’d You Get Those? NYC’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987. Today, Kool Bob Love produces his b-ball tournament Full Court 21™ in four continents, co-produces Stretch & Bobbito + The M19s Band music, and is a DJ/Host on Apple Music's Stretch and Bobbito Radio.

#LifeIn5 is a #KenCenHipHop digital storytelling initiative providing artists with an opportunity to share the top five hip hop songs that tell their story.

Take part in this ongoing video series and collaboratively generated playlist by sharing your #LifeIn5 on social media.

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BOBBY I GOTTA THANK YOU STRETCH FOR BEING WHO YOU CAT'S ARE. YOU'VE GOT ME DOING MY THING WITH THE VINYL AND MUSIC COLLECTING ALL YEAR EVERY YEAR! I'M BUILT TO STAY ON MY GRIND IN A VERY HEALTHY WAY BRUTHA.... SALUTE TO YOU AND AND COLLECTING THE LATIN GROOVES