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Mentoring artists is something I love.

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

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I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.

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It is really important for me to help my culture.

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When a window closes another one opens

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I'm comfortable not using my vision.

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I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.

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The Black Eyed Peas is a family.

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Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

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

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You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.

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I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.

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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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I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.

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If we go to a party, I'll just be chilling in the corner, absorbing everything.

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Coming from the Philippines to the U.S. did shape me in that it gave me perseverance.

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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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Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think…

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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…

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I actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there. I just brought my mom up onstage and…

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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...…

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If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, 'Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.

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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…

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We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and…

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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…

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We met Ferg at one of our shows in L.A. She gave us her number. For the song 'Shut Up' on Elephunk,…

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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…

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We've had great experiences in Israel - besides traveling around, we got to go to some clubs. We didn't really know how…

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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…

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To me, it's pretty much the same thing - I just love playing music. But the cool thing about DJing is that…

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Our first conversation went like: 'So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?' 'Well, I like to rap and breakdance.'…

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We want to show people in the U.S. and Europe that hey, here in Southeast Asia, we have so much artists brimming…

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I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

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Singapore ladies are very beautiful.

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Growing up, I've always kinda been into academics.

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I like to cook chicken adobo and do my own laundry.

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I can do somersaults and back flips.

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I hated sunsets for a long time.

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Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.

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Someday' talks about a dream of mine.

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