- Nov 07, 2020
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- Perseverance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from the Philippines to the U.S. did shape me in that it gave me perseverance.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I see the discrepancy between kids in the Philippines and the U.S., I feel like I have to give them an opportunity.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is really important for me to help my culture.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've started my own record label - Jeepney Music - and I want to put out my own stuff and also stuff by other Filipino artists.
- Filipino
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, ‘Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had poor eyesight when I was young and despite that, I was making good grades.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hated sunsets for a long time.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.
- Help Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Black Eyed Peas is a family.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in Sapangbato in Angeles City, my mom signed me up on this foundation called Pearl S. Buck where they support Fil-Am kids left during the time when U.S. soldiers where at the Clark Air Base.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I dance, I picture myself and the floor in my head.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I doubted myself for a long time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm comfortable not using my vision.
- Filipino
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to cook chicken adobo and do my own laundry.
- Filipino
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never met my father. He left before I was born.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some teachers used to worry and ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?'
- Nov 07, 2020
In break-dancing, you create your own style.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we go to a party, I'll just be chilling in the corner, absorbing everything.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of kids just like me growing up in the Philippines, so I don't want them to give up. So listen to your parents, work hard and you can achieve so much.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think anyone that's running for office really should focus on the education for our youth, creating more jobs and employment, and really focusing on our next generation.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, some things you can't change, but you can start from the youth to change the future.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back then we were young, we would just mash all forms of music together and come up with something.
- Help Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was once a struggling artist, so I just want to help others, and provide my resources and connections and the people I know.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have memories of being on the farm with my grandfather.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to have an education.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every Filipino family, the children always want to help the parents… that was my goal.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That's how Will and I got to know each other.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were a lot of gangs in high school. Instead of being in a gang, I decided to dance.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to the U.S. to have opportunities. I saw a lot of people in gangs. I just didn't understand that - you live in the U.S., you have all these opportunities. And then you get in a gang?
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and stuff.
- Cool Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, it's pretty much the same thing - I just love playing music. But the cool thing about DJing is that I get to play other people's music, I can mix it up between our songs and a variety of musical genres. It also enables me to be more intimate with the audience.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've had great experiences in Israel - besides traveling around, we got to go to some clubs. We didn't really know how the nightlife would be in Tel Aviv, and we were surprised how big the party was and what a high level the clubs and music were at.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Will and I were growing up in Los Angeles, his girlfriends were always Israeli, so we'd always be hanging out with Israelis in L.A.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mentoring artists is something I love.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Ladies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Singapore ladies are very beautiful.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have pursued my dream and I believe it is important to give back because I have been given the opportunity to be what I am now.
- Blind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was already hard enough growing up in the Philippines but imagine being blind, that's 10 times harder.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sponsored to go to the U.S. and became a Black Eyed Peas, and now I'm paying it forward and helping other children like me.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my life, I believe in overcoming challenges.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to show people in the U.S. and Europe that hey, here in Southeast Asia, we have so much artists brimming with talent and so deserving. We needed to tap into that so that the West can take notice and sign them up, too.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But when I discovered music, I knew that that's what I wanted to do in my life and I just jumped in all the way and pursued my dreams as a musician.
- Flips
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can do somersaults and back flips.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
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!'
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is common language. I can sing ‘Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
My friends, they can't beat me in pool or bowling.
- Nurse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I've always kinda been into academics.
- Lane
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music gave me that neutral lane to relate with everyone.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's the fine line between presenting your culture and learning about other cultures so it becomes global.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someday' talks about a dream of mine.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from the Philippines, my whole goal was to support my family and have a better living situation.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be hands-on because that's what motivates me. I like to involved from the ground-breaking to ribbon-cutting to auditing the funds. Just giving money away is a little discouraging because I don't know where it is going.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that there are many talented Filipinos and their talent is great and globally competitive, just waiting to be tapped. I don't want such great talent to be wasted.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up for me in the Philippines was hard to read comic books because I'm blind.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020