I’M CARLOS ZAMORA (C2SIX), A CATHOLIC HIP-HOP ARTIST AND PUBLIC SPEAKER WITH OVER 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING AND SPEAKING AT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY.

GROWING UP IN THE LATE 80S AND EARLY 90S, MY HOMETOWN OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS REPORTED THE HIGHEST OVERALL CRIME AND MURDER RATE PER CAPITA IN THE UNITED STATES. I BECAME INVOLVED IN GANGS, DRUGS, AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF STREET LIFE. AS AN ESCAPE, I BEGAN TO WRITE AND RECORD “GANGSTA” RAP, EVENTUALLY SELLING OVER 100,000 ALBUMS INDEPENDENTLY, AND HAVE SHARED THE STAGE WITH MAJOR ARTISTS SUCH AS BONE-THUGS-N-HARMONY, CYPRESS HILL, AND MORE. IT WAS AT AN ALL-AGES CONCERT THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE IMPACT MUSIC HAD ON YOUNG AUDIENCES. CHRIST PIERCED MY HEART AND BEGAN MY REVERSION TO MY CRADLE CATHOLIC FAITH.

WHILE I WAS BORN AND RAISED CATHOLIC, I WAS MORE OF A CULTURAL OR A NOMINAL CATHOLIC. DUE TO A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, I WAS LED OUT OF THE CHURCH WHEN I EXPERIENCED MY CONVERSION. I BECAME VEHEMENTLY ANTI-CATHOLIC AND BEGAN CHURCH-HOPPING. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY PRAYERS, STUDIES, AND DILIGENT SEARCH FOR TRUTH WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD ME BACK TO MY CATHOLIC ROOTS.

I LIVE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS WITH MY WIFE OF 23 YEARS AND OUR TWO CHILDREN. I HAVE A PASSION FOR WORKING WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED, AT-RISK YOUTH, TROUBLED TEENS, GANG MEMBERS, AND PRISON MINISTRY.