Often, those who tread off the beaten path are misunderstood or mischaracterized and so we asked folks from the community to reflect and tell us about the times they’ve been misunderstood or mischaracterized.

Gloria Jordan

I believe that when people hear the word model they create a idea in their head that were extremely stuck up, snobby, rude, think that we assume everyone is beneath us. But that’s not me at all I’m a regular girl I think highly of myself and it took me along time to get there. I use to think I wasn’t beautiful enough, good enough, experienced enough to be that perfect image of what the world Read more>>

Bryan Martinez

I honestly do feel like my musical work has been misunderstood or mischaracterized. Throughout my childhood years, I’ve been laughed at and criticized over my dream of being a musician. Not upset about it. I was just a kid who liked being by himself, letting his imagination run wild, and I was destined to be a superstar in the future to all the kids and teachers at school, but as I was turning 11, I realized that I was not good at anything to be successful to be a famous person, until I discover a digital audio workstation called FL Studio and changed my perspective of life forever. Read more>>

Arianna Jones

Absolutely. I tend to make reference to my culture and my own real life experiences in my work. I believe that’s what makes each artist’s work unique; bringing pieces of yourself, your experiences, your thoughts, your feelings to life in your art. As a kid I didn’t grow up seeing many black girls on television, in magazines, on runways- and when I did, it motivated me. Read more>>

14hunnitvon

Man a lot, my whole life has been me being misunderstood and I think that reflects In my music because one second I’m rapping on destroyed 808s then the next I’m singing on a hyper pop beat to some chill shit on no love. I always grew up with problems in school getting in trouble but getting older I realized it was Becasue I was misunderstood racially profiled and didn’t know how to express myself so I had to handle it the best way I could. Read more>>