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Dubcnn Exclusive – Stalyn Miranda
By: Jonathan Hay
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Dubcnn: Is Stalyn Miranda your birth name?

It is. My Mother named me Stalyn due to the heavy influence of the Russian Culture in Nicaragua. As you may know, after having the worst dynasty on this side of the hemisphere Nicaragua had a revolution that came with an embargo and other civil wars. Russia was one of the many countries giving aid to us through relief funds, cars, doctors, etc.. And, as you can imagine, some names like Lenin, Vladimir, Maximo and Stalyn were popular to be given to new Nicaraguans.    


Dubcnn: What is going on right now with everything involving your debut album, El Joven Rey? 

Right now it's available on iTunes worldwide. The music video for the street bangers “Cañones en la Frente” and “Mun2” will be out in the new year on YouTube as well. The Project El Joven Rey since it was conceived was meant to be a classic, so I am making the right business decisions in order to achieve it's full potential, and using the tools that have been used in this industry for many years to really promote and push this project. That’s really whats going on at this point.  


Dubcnn: How would you describe the production or signature sound of your music? 

It's truly “world music”. People can appreciate the sounds of the spanish guitars, the congas, the live electric guitars, the reggae style of studio one, the grimey sound and kick of the rap beats. It’s the perfect marriage of digital production and live instruments at it's best.There is a little bit of every type of rhythm to pleasure your ears and amazing wordplay to keep your brain and heart excited about this project.


Dubcnn: Do you think that by making El Joven Rey a mostly Spanish album that you are potentially eliminating a broader fanbase?

Not at all. It's all about promoting your product to the masses. In the United States of America right now there are 62 million Latinos and in Latin America there are 600 million Latinos. As I travel I realize people love Spanish music; it can be Merengue, Salsa, Reggaeton, Mariachi, Bachata, Tango, etc. 50 Cent understands that very well. He’s made collabos with Latino groups – which means sales on both sides. As time passes, other artists will realize that Latino consumers are important for their products, and that the non-Spanish speaking consumers have a great judgement on what is quality music and what’s hot. I had a British citizen tell me that he could not understand what I’m saying but that he loved my flow and energy. Now that's amazing.


Dubcnn: Tell us about your single, “Cañones en la Frente” 

It's a very special song to me for many reasons. The truth is it was never meant to be my first single because I wanted to release a club song initially, but the response from my fans on this song has been tremendously overwhelming. I love it because it’s a street banger and I’m glad people are interested in hearing the no-so-pleasant truth and a real representation of the everyday struggle. That’s exactly what I stand for and the reason I began expressing myself.  


Dubcnn: Just as so many of us, you were a fan of Mellow Man Ace before you ever worked with him. When you found out that you were going to work with him what was that feeling like for you? Please describe your experiences with the legend… 

It was very surreal. I was very excited and humbled. You see, I'm a kid from Managua City -- from the slums of a third world country. I had heard and seen Mellow Man Ace on my TV back in Managua, and then one day I'm making a song with one of the very few legends we've got. Just picture that. [I had] a lot of good feelings. God is good to me. Mellow did an amazing job in this song, he is a legend for a reason. As a person, he is very cool and humble, very professional. I hope that in the future I get to do more work with him.


Dubcnn: How important is Mellow Man Ace to the Latino Rap Culture?

He is the foundation, he’s extremely important. Artists nowadays should pay homage to him and every one who has made it before them. Some people don't realize that rap has come a long way. Here in North America it's very lucrative and each individual is protected by the Bill of Rights so that we can say anything we please. We can express our feelings towards the government and the police. You cannot do that in Latin America without any serious repercussions, and in some parts of the world rap isn’t even allowed. So I thank Mellow Man Ace for creating an industry and tools that I can use, which makes it a lot easier for young Latinos to come up and make their mark in this world.


Dubcnn: You said in another interview that you worked with Sen Dog (Cypress Hill). Can you enlighten us with everything surrounding that?  

That’s another Legend right there. I was building with Sen Dog through a social network; I had asked him to check my material and he got back to me with amazing feedback. This was at the same time I was working with Mellow Man Ace and my producer had asked me for a collabo, so Mellow put in a good word for me and we got right to work on “I’m a Rydah” featuring William Dinero, DQ and myself. It’s a song that I will release in my next project. It was truly a blessing working with Sen Dog and the reality of working with huge stars has made me realize the responsibility I have to continue making hot music so I can bring this genre to the next level.


Dubcnn: Who are some of the other artists or producers you have collaborated with?  

In this project I only worked with one producer, William Dinero. He is my sound, a true genius, very gifted. Artists that collaborated in this project are mostly based out of Latin America. I got Don Pini From Colombia, Mr. Pelon503 from El Salvador, Marta-Cecilia from Ecuador, CodeBlue From Toronto, Gabi From Brazil, Dany and Jael From Dominican Republic, Patrick Stephenson from Jamaica, Maximo from Nicaragua, DQ from Chile and Gustavo de Agostini from Uruguay.  


Dubcnn: What is “Yeshua Dreams?”

Yeshua Dreams is a production company that I founded to be the face for all my business endeavours. It has allowed me to have worldwide distribution on its own, and some perks with Universal Music Group.  


Dubcnn: Right now, you are based in Canada; with the explosion of Drake and other Canadian artists do you think Canada is the next hot spot for hip-hop?

It is. The new member of N.E.R.D. is from Canada as well and all these great artists who are establishing themselves bring more opportunities to expand this genre globally. I'm based out of Toronto right now – a great city to do business, a lot of the Hollywood films are done here and music videos due to talent that this city has to offer, plus it's less expensive to make any product over here than any other metropolitan city in North America. Canada has given this world great legends in the field of arts, such as: Celine Dion, James Cameron, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, William Shatner, Jim Carrey and Pamela Anderson. Other artists choose Toronto to be their second home as well, like Prince, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias…and now me, Stalyn.


Dubcnn: In a Dubcnn interview we did with Mellow Man Ace we asked him the following question: “Being bi-lingual, do you dream in Spanish or English?” What is your answer to that same question?  

[I dream] in both, depending on the people or the places I’m dreaming about. If I’m dreaming about people in Nicaragua it's in Spanish, if it's places in North America it's in English. But my train of thought is in English, which everybody finds a bit unique because I was born and raised in Nicaragua. I love speaking in Spanish though because the language is so rich and comes so naturally for me.


Dubcnn: What are the next steps in the career of Stalyn Miranda?

My next step is to take my products to the mass media and to make ‘Stalyn Miranda’ a household name. And to keep doing business with great positive people who are visionaries. Definitely working on films, soundtracks, great albums and a line of diversified merchandise.


Dubcnn: What is the best way people can go about contacting you and keeping up with your career journey?

The best way to contact me is through my website, www.yeshuadreams.com. You can keep up with what’s going on with me via every popular outlet. I’m also on myspace at www.myspace.com/yeshuadreams and you can follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/yeshuadreams.

I encourage everyone to follow me on my YouTube channel, I'm always updating my channel and giving out bonus material for my fans to watch and listen to. www.youtube.com/yeshuadreams


Dubcnn: Last words for the Dubcnn community?

Due to the catastrophe in Haiti, I will be selling an exclusive unreleased song called “Girl” on iTunes and all profits from the song will go directly to the Red Cross to help those in their moment of need. This is so close to me because I worked along with my Haitian brothers hand-in-hand and with sweat and tears in a fruit plantation near the city of Montreal.

I want to thank Dubcnn from my heart for this interview. It means so much to me and I truly appreciate the love and the opportunity. One interesting fact about me is that a big part of my family is in Killacalli, they have been living in California since the 60’s – I’ve got so much love for California. It’s Westside!

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