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Taboo
American
Musician
Born:
Jul 14
,
1975
About
Black
Me
Music
People
You
Before the music and before the fame, I loved Apl for Allan Pineda, for being a brother that he is and for the inspiration - for him to actually come to the States from the Philippines and make something of his life. That's inspirational.
Taboo
Inspirational
Life
Music
Philippines
Before
States
Brother
Something
Inspiration
He
Come
Make
Him
His
Fame
Being
Loved
Actually
As long as you're having fun and being positive and progressive, I'm going to say you're living a Zumbao lifestyle.
Taboo
Positive
You
Long
Living
Progressive
Say
Having
Having Fun
Lifestyle
Going
Being
Fun
I was almost giving up because the chemo was so intense and aggressive that there were moments I had to find the inner strength within myself.
Taboo
Myself
Strength
Giving
Giving Up
Aggressive
Find
Had
Almost
Because
Within
Were
Up
Intense
Moments
Inner
Inner Strength
From alternative to Brazilian to hip-hop to old R&B, that's what we listen to. And we don't just listen to it only if somebody plays it. We actually go out and buy these types of things and support different forms of music because we love them.
Taboo
Love
Buy
Music
Old
Somebody
Types
Out
Only
Support
Alternative
Because
Hip-Hop
Go
Listen
Just
Brazilian
Different
Forms
Them
Actually
Things
Plays
Hip-hop is huge in Canada, in Australia - everywhere.
Taboo
Everywhere
Hip-Hop
Huge
Australia
Canada
I am glad to see K-pop really pop off and it's cool to see how it's become an international craze.
Taboo
I Am
Become
See
Glad
How
Am
Off
Really
Pop
Cool
International
My wife and I sometimes read books together. It's kind of like bed talk.
Taboo
Together
Sometimes
Wife
Books
Kind
Like
Talk
Read
Bed
Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.
Taboo
Humble
Philippines
He
Very
My personal music style is very Latin and very soulful. It's dance meets hip-hop.
Taboo
Music
Dance
Style
Meets
Latin
Soulful
Hip-Hop
Very
Personal
I'm a b-boy for life. I'm a dancer, I started with free style dancing and b-boying during the ‘80s and I always said to myself that when I get the chance to do my own thing, I will always have the b-boy element and the dance element because that's where I come from.
Taboo
Life
Myself
Dance
Will
Free
Style
Own
Dancer
Dancing
My Own
Come
Because
Said
Always
Get
Where
Element
Thing
Started
Chance
We have a global audience… we travel, and our name travels.
Taboo
Travel
Our
Name
Global
Audience
Travels
Cancer - there's no prejudice. There's no age limit. It can happen to anybody.
Taboo
Age
Cancer
Limit
Anybody
Happen
Prejudice
When they told me I had cancer, I thought I was going to die.
Taboo
Me
Cancer
Thought
Had
Die
Going
We have songs that are inspired by the Latin side. We have songs that are inspired by rock, African rhythms. Whatever country we go to usually inspires us.
Taboo
Country
Whatever
Side
Latin
Inspired
Inspires
Songs
Rock
Go
African
Rhythms
Us
I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did get a lot of criticism: 'You're Mexican, why are you doing that?'
Taboo
You
Criticism
Community
Because
Doing
Lot
Mexican
Up
Get
Did
Grew
Asian
Why
Fergie brought her own style. She is a fashion icon, but she's lovable and approachable.
Taboo
Fashion
Style
Own
Brought
She
Lovable
Icon
Her
You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated enough to understand what hip-hop culture is really about.
Taboo
Sad
You
Culture
Enough
Kids
About
Mentality
Because
Understand
Gotta
Hip-Hop
Educated
Lot
Going
Really
When I see children in New Delhi, babies walking around in no diapers and their mother is in a corner putting up bricks, it gives you a sense of being grounded.
Taboo
You
Mother
Sense
Babies
Corner
I See
See
Delhi
Gives
Putting
New
Around
Diapers
Up
Walking
Being
Children
Grounded
Bricks
We all had to dodge the idea we were spokespeople for our races. Like, 'Hey, it's the Mexican Guy! The Filipino! The Chick!' We've always stood up to it and said, 'Fine, bring it on and we'll show you how we rock.'
Taboo
You
Our
Hey
Fine
Guy
Had
Idea
Like
Dodge
Rock
Said
Always
How
Were
Mexican
Chick
Up
Stood
Races
Show
Filipino
Bring
Fergie's married. I'm married. A lot of the band members have families as well.
Taboo
Band
Members
Married
Well
Lot
Band Members
Families
Even if we are 50 or 60 years old, if we can do it we will continue to create content that pushes the envelope.
Taboo
Old
Will
Envelope
Pushes
Content
Continue
Years
Create
Even
Every time we come out, there's a hunger for creative expression or creative ways to put out content that isn't duplicated from our last run. Whether it's technology, messaging, visual… we're always pushing the envelope.
Taboo
Time
Technology
Creative
Every
Every Time
Our
Ways
Hunger
Out
Run
Visual
Envelope
Pushing
Put
Come
Messaging
Content
Always
Duplicated
Whether
Creative Expression
Creative Ways
Expression
Last
Brazilian music has always been a part of us, but it's even more valuable now because of the sentiment or the theme of the actual song. So I feel like 'Street Livin'' is paying homage to what we started and it's touching on a lot of serious themes to DACA, immigration reform, prison control... all the things we address in the video.
Taboo
Music
Song
Immigration
Valuable
Prison
Control
Sentiment
Address
Immigration Reform
I Feel
I Feel Like
Touching
More
Part
Feel
Like
Because
Always
Been
Lot
Reform
Brazilian
Brazilian Music
Theme
Video
Themes
Us
Homage
Paying
Even
Serious
Now
Actual
Street
Things
Started
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