California 20

Listen to California 20, a 43-year-old man from South Central Los Angeles, California, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 43

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/09/1979

PLACE OF BIRTH: East Los Angeles

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Hispanic/Mexican

OCCUPATION: server assistant

EDUCATION: high school

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: none

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The speaker grew up in a bilingual household and spoke both Spanish and English.

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RECORDED BY: Amaia Villegas

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/08/2023

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Um, I grew up in South L.A. Um, there’s a lot of artists that, uh, rap artists that grew up from that, uh, uh, area. Um, let’s see. Uh, the section that I grew up in is, uh, Broadway and 42nd. Uh, it was pretty, pretty, uh, danger neighborhood. Um, there was a lot of gang members that I used to, uh, go to school with. Uh, some were friends; some were not. And, um, it was just a, a difficult place to live in. Um, you just have to know where, where to walk through, where streets not to walk through. Um, I went to West Vernon Avenue; that was my, uh, elementary. My junior high was, uh, John Adams. And my high school was Thomas Jefferson High School. Um, I fi- I actually graduated in 1997, and I moved on to get married, uh, moved to East L.A. and eventually, um, moved to North, North Hollywood, where I live now.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Amaia Villegas

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/08/2023

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