Con Safos Radio

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It is con safos. It is not con queso or beer con papas. Con Safos means with respect. It is taken from the dialect called Calo which was created in the streets of California as a lingo that mixed Spanish with English for second and third generation Mexican-Americans. It is known as a street language. It had bad connotations because it was associated to gang slang. But in reality Con Safos was used by graffiti writers, taggers who left messages on walls. So when someone wanted their artwork or message left up they would type C/S (Con Safos) at the end of their message like this:

 
The message that C/S created on the street was, “Anything you write over or below what we wrote, goes back to you twice as bad”; do not touch. In other words respect it. And the term has grown in definition and in use. Even though its meaning has not changed greatly its use has. It is now use in the aspect of self-determination for marginalized people, especially in relationship with the Latin@ community. It has been taken and used in order to demand respect. Whether it is related to artwork or social or political causes or a mix of both.
 
It is here that Con Safos Radio came to exist. I was talking with Brandon of Big Quarters and we were discussing the lack of diversity on the radio. We both knew of quality musicians and groups. He knew of local acts in the twin cities as well as underground and I knew of Latino rap artists. We were both determined to get on some sort of radio waves so we could awaken people to good quality music. It is then when we decided that we should call it Con Safos Radio. A couple of weeks later, Esteban a good friend and activist on Hamline University called me to see if I was interested in spinning some music at Hamline Radio. I jumped on the opportunity and was lucky that people liked what we were doing. We were offered a time slot, and here we are. We at Con Safos Radio want artists, whether they are poets, spoken word artists, rappers, writers, D. J’s, taggers etc. to use Con Safos Radio as an avenue for people to display their talent. We don’t judge on anyone’s work because who are we to judge? We know it’s hard to get exposure and so with this notion we apply the idea of Con Safos. This is that we respect all types of artwork and that we will provide space for them on our show. All we ask is that you also provide that space for us in you community. We are not for profit. We all do it for the love of music and the culture of Hip-Hop. When an artist is featured on our show we give them a data version of the show so they can do with what they want as well as any pictures that are taken. In addition we sort of let them take over the show; we run a Q and A and let them do their thing. We talk about upcoming shows they might be doing or what their feelings are on certain issues.  At this moment, we have 2 shows. 

Old School Tuesday

A show that plays music in regards to the founders that have had great influence in music. The show is hosted by our musical librarian Miguel Vargas.

Listen in!

Tuesdays from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm  

 Hip –Hop Fridays

A show hosted by yours truly, Rodrigo, Esteban, Orikal and other members of the Con Safos Familia in which we display a large variety of music and special guests.

Fridays from 9:00pm- 11:00 pm

Artists featured on Con Safos Radio

  • New MC-Kanser
  • Big Quarters
  • TrackCiti Alls-stars
  • Purest Form
  • Danny Solis
  • Paul Flores
  • DJ Mindcontrol
  • Sector 7 G
  • Dialek from Purest Form
  • Cappaciti
  • Orikal
  • DJ Wallet Head
  • Dj IanX
  • Comedian Boiman Freeman
Support local Music! Underground Music! And listen in to the movement… go to Con Safos Radio
–By Rodrigo

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