Kevin Parx on why OC lacks Black hip-hop stars: "That's not Matt's fault"

Santa Ana artist Kevin Parx defended Juice Unlocked and Matt Allenn, who runs the page, in a video the outlet posted Nov. 30, 2025. Parx was responding to people calling Allenn racist over which artists the page features.

Juice Unlocked shared the video as four clips under the banner "The Voice of Reason," calling Parx a "Santa Ana General." The post's caption said Maserati Stallout was "under fire after trying to paint a WILD narrative on Juice Unlocked."

What sparked it

In the video, Parx says he saw people he calls longtime friends and collaborators calling Allenn racist because the page was posting a lot of Latino artists and not many Black artists. He says they grew up with Allenn and that "calling him racist maybe wasn't the term."

He also says Allenn is Mexican, so Latino artists gravitate toward him, and that Allenn does what he can for his community. Parx describes Juice Unlocked as an outlet for Black, Latino, Asian and white artists alike.

“It's not because the talent's not there or the resources aren't there. It's the lack of energy.”

The bigger problem, according to Parx

Parx argues the real issue is numbers and support. He estimates that Orange County is about 1% Black or less, which he puts at roughly 50,000 people at best. In his view, that audience alone cannot carry an artist to a big stage, even if every one of them backs the music.

He points to an artist from Santa Ana who, he says, has to market himself in other regions because the OC hip-hop scene can't fill that void.

He also says the county has plenty of talented Black artists but lacks the community around them, such as Black barbershops, churches and businesses. With talented artists from the early '90s through 2025 and still no Black artist who has really popped, he says, the problem is cultural, not Juice Unlocked.

“You're supposed to use Juice Unlocked as an outlet for Black artists, for Spanish artists, for Asian artists, for white artists. It's a diverse platform.”

“Matt is somebody that really stopped everything he was doing, dedicated his life to this platform.”

“That's not Matt's fault. That's a culture thing.”