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Profession : Musician

Birth : November 28, 1974

I actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there. I just brought my mom up onstage and was like, 'Look, here we are.'

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I hated sunsets for a long time.

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I'm good at shapes. If I'm not close, even if it's big, I can't read it.

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I doubted myself for a long time.

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I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.

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Me, I'm just gonna keep spreading the word about 'We Can Be Anything' campaign among Fil-Am communities in the U.S.

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Queen Latifah once came up to me and said 'Bebot' was her favorite song. She said, 'I don't know what you're talking about, but it feels dope!'

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We come up with slogans on the road and then we start putting them on the songs.

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Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn't going to accomplish anything.

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It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.

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I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

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Building virtual classrooms was the brainchild of Charity Dreams. So many people play games online, it's a huge business - and so harnessing the power of the Charity Dreams community to help build classrooms just made a lot of sense.

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Growing up for me in the Philippines was hard to read comic books because I'm blind.

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I want the kids in the Philippines to compete with the world, with other kids out there, to have the opportunity. You never know, you might find the next Black Eyed Peas out there.

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Usually when you hear about rappers in Asia, they always try to be like gangsters and stuff like that and I don't get it.

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There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

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Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful.

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I'm proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.

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I am proud to be Pinoy and I never forget where I came from.

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Mentoring artists is something I love.

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