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Profession : Musician

Birth : November 28, 1974

Our first conversation went like: 'So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?' 'Well, I like to rap and breakdance.' And Will was like, 'What?? Me too!' That sparked our friendship and from then on, we were inseparable.

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I was blessed and lucky to have been given opportunity. I really thank my dad, Joe Ben Hudgens, for taking his time and adopting this kid from the Philippines, and gave him his future, and opportunities. Without him, I wouldn't be here.

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You need a screwdriver for screws and a hammer for nails. Anybody that's trying to screw in a nail with a screwdriver... that ain't too smart.

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Stan Lee is like the universal hero. He got every culture together by storytelling. He gave every community their own hero to follow, in fiction and actually in factual life.

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I go out pretty much every night, and when you spend time in those clubs, watching how the DJs make their mash-ups to heat up the room, you want to create that sound yourself.

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Not only I am an adoptee, but I also want to prove to everyone that being legally blind with a rare eye disease called Nystagmus that you can do and be anything if you put your mind to it and believe in yourself.

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I remember I told my mom that I was scared. I asked her, how will I talk to everyone in English? And my mom gave me a dictionary, where I learned one day at a time.

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When you have an education, you can make anything happen.

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You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.

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There's the fine line between presenting your culture and learning about other cultures so it becomes global.

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It was already hard enough growing up in the Philippines but imagine being blind, that's 10 times harder.

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Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will make some kind of change.

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You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.

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My friends, they can't beat me in pool or bowling.

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In break-dancing, you create your own style.

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There were a lot of gangs in high school. Instead of being in a gang, I decided to dance.

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I have memories of being on the farm with my grandfather.

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I just wanted to have an education.

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I've been building classrooms for children. Computer labs for kids. It's such a huge problem and so many children just aren't given a chance in life.

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There is some gangsta music I like, like Biggie Smalls - he reminds me of Slick Rick -doing the same thing, but he did it in a really artistic way.

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