We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Amaurys Grullon. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Amaurys below.

Amaurys , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

Open mics are something that we have been doing for 7+ years now. Started doing them at The Bronx Museum of The Arts around 2016, when we opened up our brick and mortar shop we started doing them every week from there. We went on the road with it hosting it in local restaurants, coffee shops, events spaces and more. Building momentum and more awareness. We opened up Tag Up Music 2 years ago, our music studio and host open mics for all artist at the studio. As our crowd got bigger and bigger we started doing them outside of our shop like block parties. Open Mics are an integral part of our brand and movement. In April we are excited to start start our Open Mic series for 2024.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Amaurys Grullon is a multipotentialite artist and creative social entrepreneur based in The South Bronx and is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bronx Native & Tag Up Studios. He is a community leader elevating and moving the culture forward by way of his multiple business endeavors and the, Change the Narrative, non-profit dedicated to creating social change and creating equity for all. He has had the pleasure of collaborating with notable brands such as Nike, Paypal, NYCXDESIGN, Master Card, Netflix and more and his work has been featured in The New York Times, ABC, Business Insider, Forbes, and The New York Post and most recently graced the stage of the TEDx Bronx.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

Our Open mics are an inclusive open platform for all artist to express themself, speak there truth, leave there mark. A save space a haven for our creatives and entrepreneurs to build, brake bread and elevate. All are welcome from singers, rappers, poets, comedians, actors, musicians, etc. These are events that cultivate community, bring togetherness and empower our voices. We hope yo make them bigger and better this year 2024 so we can continue to create more impact.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

We want to continue to elevate The Bronx through our events / experiences our shop our platform. What drives our journey is our movement and our mission to change the narrative and create social impact

Contact Info:

• Website: bronxnativeshop.com
• Instagram: @thebronxnative
• Facebook: @thebronxnative
• Twitter: @thebxnative
• Youtube: @thebronxnative
• Yelp: Bronx Native

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Bronx Native