ROCKY BUCANO – FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Rocky Bucano is President and Chairman of the Board of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. He is also a licensed financial advisor who specializes in investments, Medicare health plans, estate planning, retirement and insurance. In 1987, Rocky Bucano left his television career behind to launch the Bronx based Strong City Records with Hip Hop icon DJ Jazzy Jay. In 2006, Bucano became the executive director of the Mott Haven Bronx based New York Gauchos Basketball Program. The Gauchos program has placed more than 30 high school students into college on full athletic scholarship and has witnessed three of its former players achieve NBA distinction.