We recently connected with Joseph Hurst and have shared our conversation below.

Joseph, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

5 years ago Purple man the legendary reggae artist from Jamaica came to San Diego we were the first ones to bring him down here in San Diego and United States! with the help of hits pon hits to get him his visa card and borderman connection as the DJ who helped him also financially along with rude creation To fly him and get his plane ticket to United States to perform in San Diego at over the border in Chula Vista a club that is known for having a great stage and personal experience with the artist.

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

With the industry constantly changing and so many different styles of reggae and world music I feel our music sets us apart because of the originality and diversity in the recordings I’m working with some of the best underground producers in the industry outlet record has been one of my studios that has a variety of instruments and top-notch recording gear, also deep roots productions has been one of my main helpers along with Michael chambers the legendary artist and producer

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

I will never forget the day I picked up purple man from the airport in San Diego we cruised the coastline to Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach and had a live session! A acoustic jam! just me and him And people walking by and not knowing But they had a legend in there mist! Little by little people got to meet him and greet him and become his friends, I feel like San Diego was his second home he did not want to leave he wanted to make this a branch of his home , but a lot of his finances were sent back to Jamaica to help his family so much poverty in Jamaica and he was literally feeding so many people, I got to say I take my hat off for purple man all the time, RIP purple

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

First of all I want to express how important live music is to people, money has always been a downfall for artist, there is an old saying the struggling life of a musician or artist , The reason is is because we love our craft we love what we do , so we do not want to give up we believe in something greater something stronger , reggae roots are to put a message out there for the people like the legendary Bob Marley Peter Tosh steel pulse Third World and so many more but these are some of the artists that are most common for knowing their works to put a message out there , for the people to wake up to get up to stand up to believe in unity and God , but there are so many more that have done this work, that nobody ever will talk about or remember , so we always have to keep in mind and our heart open to helping artists achieve their dreams no matter if it’s financially or just by saying a thumbs up on social media one( like )or share ) a little bit of love really goes a long way for us to bring better music and it’s basically like a pat on the back saying hey yo you got this !

Contact Info:

• Website: @rudecreation
• Instagram: @rudecreation
• Youtube: Rudecreation

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Joseph hurst