We were lucky to catch up with Raymond Borrego recently and have shared our conversation below.

Raymond, appreciate you joining us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

I feel like every new project is meaningful to me, because i vent through my music. I don’t like therapy cause i just feel judged talking to someone face to face, so i use music as an outlet. I always have since i was a kid, But the album I am currently working on, is called “Part of the Process.” It is an album about trying to heal from chilhood traumas, what happens sometimes when those truamas are confronted and how people may react to the situation which is not how some would hope it would go. Part of the Process, is about the process someone may go through while trying to heal on so many different areas, dealing with negative people, trying to process everything i have learned, how do i move forward and not let something keep me in such a dark spot. How do i find happiness or love in myself. I really hope it just helps myself and maybe others find hope in healing and know, you’re not alone;

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 always wanted to do music since i could form a memory. My pops used to sing, my grandpa and my cousin played the guitar, and my pops got me my first guitar when i was in the 3rd grade. so i started writing music at a very young age. But when i turned 19 is when i started recording myself rapping and really trying to pursue a career in something I loved to do. Music has always been an expressive outlet for me but i was just having fun at first. It wasn’t until 2019 when really pushed myself to go hard. My brother took his life. I didnt think i could feel more broken then in that moment when i got that call. I regretted not pushing myself harder sooner, for falling so far deep into my own depression that i couldn’t be there for my family. The grind has never been harder. Since 2019 I have dropped 7 projects on all streaming platforms, I have released 3 shirts, and 4 stickers. I have done many shows around Denver and I got to feature on a Mark Battles track and open for him a few times. I feel there is so much more I can do, but I believe that will come with time. I want to help change the world for homeless youth and victims of abuse, right now i can use my voice, one day, I know i will be able to do more. but i have to keep grinding. I am always the first one in, last one out kind of guy and i stay prepared and ready for anything. That sets me apart from everyone. I am always in the studio learning and growing and you can tell from the very first track i ever recorded in 2009 till my latest music released.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

My mother is bipolar, my father is a pedophile, woman beater, drug addict who was in and out of Prison. I was psychically and mentally abused during my childhood, and bullied at almost every school i went to. I was always the new weird quiet kid. I had no friends or anyone to tell what was going on with me at home, so i pushed it down. Way down. I didn’t think any of that bothered me till i was in my 20’s when this seal began to crack and I didn’t know how to close it. The one thing I have been able to use to help heal my wounds is music. I found the strength and power of my voice to take back my life. I learned that I don’t have to protect anyone but myself, my heart, and that i deserve to heal. That i don’t need anyone in my life for me to heal. All i needed was to love myself and know that none of what happened to me was my fault, and that has driven me to create the music that i have. So someone else knows what took me so long to figure out.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

My father always taught me that “Blood is everything”, that “That is all you will have in the end” I had to unlearn that. Because my family shows me the opposite of what I see real families are like. I learned i do not have to put myself in stressful situations for others peoples comfort. That i don’t owe anything to anyone. That was stopping my healing. I had to learn that i deserve to put myself first. Recently i found out some disturbing news with in my family, that has pushed me to fly this life solo and to not look back. I keep in contact with my youngest brother AKWoods, and we make music together. He’s Produced tracks on my last and next album. But Family, is what you make it. wether its blood or not. And friends, the world is in short supplies of those. But keep the real ones close. They are hard to come by on facts,

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/zigzagreborn
• Instagram: @zigzagreborn
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@zigzagreborn
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/zigzagreborn
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/49KBQPsS6RPxQwoOGhpsHJ
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