People with Passion — hip-hop JOAT Alexander Fruchter

ALEXANDER FRUCHTER

Interview August 10, 2007

Journalist, teacher, and DJ, all in the world of hip-hop. Fruchter is the founder of online hip-hop mag rubyhornet.com, and has written, developed, and taught a hip-hop based class for middle school-aged children called “You Can Quote Me On That.” Fruchter has also made time to continue one of his first loves, DJing, which he does under the name of Roosevelt Treasurechest.

In this interview from August 10, 2007, Fruchter discusses his passion for hip-hop, journalism, and teaching, and why he values all three.

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The backbone of everything I do can be attributed to where I grew up. Hyde Park, on the south side of Chicago, known for its diversity and creativity and the people that live there… It’s really the only integrated neighborhood on the South Side and it’s surrounded by a lot of poverty on one hand or even going up to Bridgeport — that’s not really a racially or ethnically diverse area, and Hyde Park is kind of a Mecca for that.