Interview by Jack Delaney

Rebel Diaz is a hip-hop duo made up of Chilean-American brothers G1 and RodStarz. Hailing from Chicago, Rebel’s music and convictions were formed in a family of leftist political refugees that escaped the US-backed Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Now based in the South Bronx, the brothers are known as pillars in their community for providing outlets to young artists and producing hip-hop that challenges the status quo of the music industry and capitalism at large.

Rebel Diaz’s style blends hip-hop with lyrics that draw from class struggle and anti-imperialism, pointing to the inhumanity of US immigration enforcement, the thuggishness of American empire, and the struggle for liberation from an undemocratic economic system.