‘Kid From Highlandtown’ Makes It Big, Back In Baltimore For New Creative Alliance Exhibit

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — He says he’s just a kid from Highlandtown, but his talent has taken him around the world. Ron Matz has more on a young man from East Baltimore who’s become a superstar in the music and fashion industry.
Aaron LaCrate was just 8 years old when he opened the first skateboard shop in Highlandtown. Soon there was much more.
“Then I quickly started making t-shirts, mixtapes and had a DJ set-up, so all this stuff was happening at once around the corner he