Nicholas G. Padilla (b. 1995) is a 1st generation LatAm Mulatto/Mestizo Music Producer/DJ, Independent Researcher and Interdisciplinary Artist based in Milan+Miami. His roots are Taino and his lineage is from Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela. He is a co-founder at Miami Community Radio. His art is represented by Galaxy Art Gallery in Paris. In 2013 he founded a live streaming event series called IRL:URL. In 2016 NGP was chosen to participate in Red Bull Music Academy 2016 Montréal as the first artist from Miami. He then became a Red Bull ambassador and went on to refer local artists to the program, who would eventually become alumni in the coming years. In 2017 he began teaching music production and mentoring at-risk youth at the Miami Lighthouse in Little Havana. He also became actively engage in Space Tapes alongside Nick León, Ashley Venom, Jonny from Space and other notable Miami based figures. In 2019 Nicholas participated in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s: Art + Research Center and became the Creative Director for the Blockchain Center. In 2021 NGP was invited to perform at ICA Miami’s First Fridays, III Points Music Festival (for the 6th consecutive year), contributed art+poetry to the Islandia Journal, exhibited artwork for Art Club’s group show and exhibited an audio visual installation entitled “Spectral Influence” for SaveArtSpace during Art Basel Miami. Lastly, Nicholas has been interviewed on WVUM 90.5 and he has performed alongside Björk, Oneohtrix Point Never, Dorian Concept, Jlin, Actress, Chino Amobi, M.E.S.H., DJ Earl as well as other internationally acclaimed acts.