Rodrigo Bascuñán

Rodrigo Salago Bascuñán (born March 10, 1976) is a Chilean-Canadian author, television writer and producer.

His non-fiction book, Enter The Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent, was nominated for numerous literary awards.

He is more recently recognized for writing and producing the Peabody and International Emmy Award winning documentary series Hip-Hop Evolution.

[1] Born in Santiago, Chile, Bascuñán's family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1977 to escape the Pinochet dictatorship.

The resulting book, Enter The Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt To 50 Cent, was released in January 2007 to critical acclaim.