Sad News: Trigger Warning

Sad News: Trigger Warning

Trigger Warning: Gun Violence

Hi Mis Amores,

As many of you all know–I’ve been spending time in the Dominican Republic and its been great, learning studio culture here, recording, producing, etc. I don’t fault any one action to that of an entire country, so with that said:

I’m so sad to share that on 1/21 Jenny and I were robbed at gunpoint. Our phones, ipad, wallets-gone. We didn’t know the hijueputa who pulled up on us, we weren’t flashing anything, just at the wrong place at the wrong time. I was walking to the gym on the main Avenida and Jenny was walking to the supermercado which is a block away from the gym so we were walking together, all of this being one block and a half away from our apartment. Its likely this idiot who flashed his gun was watching us sadly. He pulled up from behind us on a motorcycle,  parked in front of us, demanded our phones and promised to shoot us in our heads if we didnt.

I’m in shock, angry, really pissed tf off to have been in such a defenseless position(I’ve lived in the projects my entire life and have managed to avoid this level of stupidity), I’m traumatized and yet more than anything I’m grateful to have been able to have walked away with Jenny, physically unharmed.

There’s so much to say and so much I can’t say only because I truly am at a loss for words. I’m just completely in shock over this happening at all and i’m just overwhelmed. Today 1/22 we filed a police report and am just pretty much chilling out for a sec -publicly- to process all of my emotions. 

I don’t know what to do publicly, if I should say anything at all, I just feel defeated and everything at once, for now I’m hanging back and wanted to let you all know.

I dont know how to end this. Know that physically I’m okay, mentally I just feel out of my mind and I appreciate all of you. I wanted you to know that I’m safe but am not 100% myself.

I’ll circle back when I can. thank you for your grace.

-Gata