IAMAUGIERAY (I AM AUGIE RAY), is a Grammy-winning audio and mixed-media visual artist and Hip Hop professor at California State University, Northridge, embraces a pluralistic philosophy captured in his mantra, “I am all things!” Rooted in his Trinidadian heritage and upbringing in Northridge, California, he crafts a genre-blending style that takes audiences on an immersive journey through jazz, hip hop, Afro-funk, and 1970s soul, drawing inspiration from visionary DJs and producers like Madlib, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, and J Dilla.