^Introducing

^{Miguel J Barrera aka Tobo aka Miguelito}

^{Founder / CEO / Multidisciplinary Artist}

^{_{Before there were names like Ba.Rz 86 or Baeond Rahysuz, there was Miguel —
a Third Culture Kid born from Mexica, Pipil, and Conquistador bloodlines, raised on stolen land in Canada after war and displacement pushed his family north. The lineage carries earthquake survival, refugee flight, generational trauma, addiction, and the quiet, stubborn spark of people who refuse to disappear.}}

^{_{The personas of MBPStudios
are not merely gimmicks, edgy, Avant Garde, or mere masks to hide behind, they are living archetypes. that both honour, revere, venerate his ancestors they also help hold different parts of the story and similar to how a Mexican Luchador's mask helps to keep the focus where it should be:
The fighter,
The writer,
The guardian
and the warrior-artist
walking between worlds}}

• Art

Baeond Rahysuz The Writer

• Play

Ba.Rz 86
The Fire Voice

• Hexagon

Ronin-Bandido
The Wandering Warrior

El Escritor ¤
The Writer ¤
パフォーマンス詩人 Pofōmansu-shijin ¤

_{^{Baeond Rahysuz is the name on the spine of the books —
the poet, author, and architect of worlds.
Where Ba.Rz 86 hits like a combo attack,
Baeond moves like a slow-burning incantation.}}

Baeond Rahysuz holds:

_{^{♾ The journal entries that never had an audience.}}

♾ _{^{The child who escaped into anime, games, and daydreams.}}

♾ _{^{The spiritual seeker who walked away from hollow religion and later found grounding in Tenrikyo practice.}}

♾ _{^{On the page, Baeond Rahysuz dissects intergenerational trauma, patriarchy, healing, and identity with surgical honesty.}}

♾ _{^{He uses metaphor not to hide, but to safely hold the unspeakable —
turning wounds into spells that can help others survive their own.}}

Baeond Rahysuz Barrio Conscious Spiritualism
Future, Past, and Present Pieces.

TRIGGER WARNING
_{The following may deal with mention of domestic/familial violence, biases, prejudices, and misogyny. Please only read if you are ok to do so. The following poem/short story is based on factual events
pain turned into healing}
TRIGGER WARNING

_{^{Click arrow to proceed or look for plane to fly over to archives}}

_{^{Pieces from upcoming books: follow-up to Jefa's Little Black Sheep: Journal Entries by a
Third Culture Kid comes future releases
Jefa's Black Ram: Musings from a Third Culture Adult
&
Unrequited Techno: Love in a Digital Pandemic.}}

*Ba.Rz 86 carries:
• The grito in his throat —
The Mexica war cry remixed with barrio swagger.
• The weight of being called 'underachiever' while secretly absorbing everything: anime, hip-hop, theology, trauma studies.
• The mission to make people move, laugh, cry, and heal through cadence.

When Ba.Rz 86 steps up, he’s not chasing fame — he’s channeling. Every verse is a pressure valve for stories that never fit into polite conversation. He is the side of Miguel that refuses to stay quiet, that weaponizes wordplay against internalized shame, racism, and
stereotypes

El Artista/The Performer

_{Ba.Rz 86 (Bars Eighty-six)}

^{THE FIRE VOICE}
_{Ba.Rz 86 is the embodiment of rhythm, rage, humor, and resilience.
He stands in the cipher
with thousands of ancestors at his back —
the ones who endured conquest, border crossings,
and poverty so the homie could spit bars into a mic in 2025.}

<sup>Upcoming Live Appearences:

Date: April 26th 2026 - SPEC/Theatre SKAM
The Strange Brunch Hour 11am-2pm 15 Min Set

2026 Summer Victoria Fringe Festival 2 days 15 min set</sup>

Click the links below for more info:

• Spec Theatre -- The Strange Brunch Hour 2026 April 26
• Theatre SKAM -- The Strange Brunch Hour 2026 April 26
• Victoria Fringe Festival 2026 Aug 26 to Sept 06

Listen to Ba.Rz 86's
_{The Fire-Voices' Latest release}

• Bandcamp
• Spotify
• Audiomack

_{Ronin-Bandido is the wandering swordsman of MBPStudios: a Miguel J Barrera Company and Collective—
A warrior who learned to garden.
A bandido who chose enlightenment.
A cross between samurai who
lost their master, barrio kids who never had one, and with the honour of both his Indigenous Ancestors and Mexican Luchador.
He is the persona of self-directed
discipline.}

_{Ronin-Bandido carries:
• The code of honor that Miguel chooses for himself after seeing how institutions fail.
• The fusion of anime sword lore, cholo aesthetics, and blue-collar grind.
• The refusal to romanticize struggle, even while turning it into powerful imagery.}

RONIN-BANDIDO —

_{^{THE WANDERING WARRIOR}}

_{On stage or in visuals, Ronin-Bandido is the stance: shoulders squared, mask on, blade metaphorical — cutting through bullshit, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs with every performance and decision.
The Spiritual Ronin-Bandido: acts as Miguel “Ba.Rz 86” Barrera’s fused persona — a lone warrior who refuses to be defined by trauma, colonial labels, or the streets that tried to claim him. Rooted in Mexica resilience, shaped by Japanese discipline, and guided by Tenrikyo spiritualism, the Ronin-Bandido speaks truth with the calm of a monk and the fire of a revolutionary. He is the one who wandered, survived, unlearned, and returned — not to destroy, but to heal and rebuild.}

^{Tahiel Aukan (Warriors Song) is not human —
they are the hybrid spirit-beast who walks alongside Miguel in the unseen. Inspired by alebrijes, Onigashima legends, and Mesoamerican myth, Tahiel is the
living symbol of 'you were never truly alone.'}

^{They represent:
• The ancestral bodyguard who
survived earthquakes and wars. • The unseen hand that steered Miguel away from the edge
in his darkest moments.
• The creative force that stitches together Mexica Jaguar(Ocelotl), Feathered twin fire serpent (Quetzequal), and modern anime aesthetics into a single guardian form.}

^{When Tahiel appears in visuals —
gold-trimmed, sharp-eyed, often framed beside the Oni/Calavera mask combination —
they remind the viewer that this art is not aesthetic-only; it’s a contract between the living and the ancestors.}

What is an alebrije?
^{Alebrije (pronounced ah-leh-bree-heh) is a brightly coloured Mexican folk art sculpture of a fantastical, chimera-like creature. These figures are traditionally made from papier-mâché (cartonería) or carved from copal wood and are characterized by their vibrant palettes and intricate, often surreal patterns.}

Artist Name:
Ba.Rz 86 (Bars Eighty-Six)
Company:

MBPStudios: a Miguel J Barrera Company
Discipline: Spoken Word
Hip-Hop Orator
Cultural Education
Genre:
Barrio Conscious Spiritualism
Location:
Victoria, BC, Canada
Contact: [email protected]

About the Artist
Ba.Rz 86 is a Third Culture spoken-word artist, performer, and cultural educator whose work exists at the crossroads of Hip-Hop cadence, Indigenous worldview, spiritual inquiry, and lived experience. His writing functions simultaneously as art, archive, and offering—challenging dominant narratives while creating space for healing, remembrance, and re-imagination.

Press
Media Kit For Ba.Rz 86

• Ba.Rz 86 One Page Press Kit PDF

• Document

Healing through art —
every piece a rebellion.

Rooted in Indigenous endurance, diasporic identity, and post-colonial critique
Ba.Rz 86’s work blends
street-level truth with ceremonial intent.
His performances move fluidly between poetry, sermon, and cypher, drawing on
Hip-Hop rhythm, multilingual expression, and ancestral memory.

Artistic Focus & Themes
Third Culture Identity
Intergenerational Memory & Healing
Indigenous Resilience
Empire & Media Critique
Spiritual Literacy
Art as Survival & Resistance

Medium & Method
Ba.Rz 86 practices Barrio Conscious Spiritualism—a fusion of spoken word, Hip-Hop cadence, oratory, and street prayer. His work is equally at home on festival stages, in classrooms, community spaces, and cultural conferences.