We recently connected with Marvin Lattimore and have shared our conversation below.
Marvin, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Has your work ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized?
Back in high school, I always enjoyed reviewing movies, music, and anime. I would annouce street ball games in parks in NYC. However, while living in the hood, talking about anime was taboo. It was hard to find a place to be comfortable being a Nerd or just talking about what you like. So I learned the tools of starting an audio and video podcast and tried to make something that blends both worlds.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I started radio broadcasting back in 2006 when I was in college. I took a real passion in helping others get their voices on air and getting through.
Since then I got more involved in entertainment doing stand up comedy acting and podcasting.
Compared to when I was growing up, it’s a lot cooler to be a Nerd in the Hood. The world loves comic book movies, anime, and video games and it’s more in today’s culture. We want to celebrate that by getting different people who grew up in a similar light and helping promote what they got from being a Nerd in the Hood.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
The ability to connect with different people that relate to our content and our culture. It shows that we’re reaching the target audience we worked for. When a fan told us they’re from Brazil and they listen to us and relate, we knew we were getting somewhere. Making people not feel like being a Nerd or liking your own thing is whack is very rewarding
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
When we first started on social media we didn’t really have a vision for how we wanted people to view and follow our site. The we decided one cool thing from a personal feeling. When we were younger, we always watched anime and realized when they were dubbed for American audiences they used American rock music for the opening theme songs, but they never used American hip-hop. So we remixed anime opening themes with hip-hop and the results paid off. A lot of people ended up following and subscribing to us on social media. They related and expressed their desires for more.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/nerdzinthehood?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084351643608&mibextid=ZbWKwL
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdzinthehood?t=4CwIBJNoilXiAaGOL4IlAQ&s=09
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@nerdzinthehood3
- Other: https://anchor.fm/marv69
Image Credits
Anthony Rahman Espinal Marvin Lattimore Jr. Devin Garcia