Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Today, hip-hop holds plenty of pop appeal, but in high school, it escaped me. I grew up listening to Elvis Costello, Indigo Girls, and I’ll say it Jewel. Literally, so much Jewel. (Thanks for that, mom.) Little did I know, one of my Doherty Memorial High School classmates was already forging a path for Worcester to become the epicenter of New England’s hip-hop scene. His name is Egbert Pinero.
Egbert “Eggy” Pinero moved to Worcester from Puerto Rico at one year old. By 12, he was obsessed with hip-hop, idolizing underground rappers like Cross Movement, the whole Rough Riders crew, and notable boom-bap artist Nas.