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In this interview segment, the host asks Speaker B to describe the house and neighborhood where he grew up, linking his past conditions to the video’s theme of moving from dangerous streets to performance stages. Speaker B recounts living in an unpainted, gray house on the outskirts of the Juárez municipality, part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. The streets were unpaved, so he and his peers arrived at school with mud‑caked pants and shoes. He attended a public elementary school named after Emiliano Zapata. The area was marked by visible drug use on street corners, numerous abandoned houses, and a pervasive sense of danger that caused many families to leave. The environment blended urban and rural elements: wolves could be heard at night, the smell of skunks lingered, and a mass grave containing hundreds of bodies was once discovered behind his colonia. These vivid details illustrate the hardship and insecurity of his upbringing, setting up a stark contrast with his later artistic achievements.
