Who among the youths of today like me ain't familiar with these chart-topping R&B songs like Nothin' On You and Billionaire? We've been listening these on the radio, watching their music videos on YouTube, or memorizing the lyrics because we definitely love the songs. Yeah, we all know it's the awesome voice of Bruno Mars in chorus and bridges, but little we still do not know is that, he's a Filipino, too.
Though not full-blooded Pinoy, this amazing music man, like Nicole Scherzinger of PCD, is starting to establish a name in the international music industry. Aside from those two songs mentioned above, he also co-wrote Flo Rida's Right Round, an early big hit last year. Actually, I got the news about his citizenship through Tim Yap's Twitter update.
Peter Hernandez (Bruno Mars's real name) was born and raised in Hawaii. Her mother, Bernadette San Pedro Bayot-Hernandez, is a Filipina, while his father, Pete Hernandez, is a Puerto Rican. Thanks to his honest, fresh R&B soul talent, he emerged differently from any other rising stars.
I'm Puerto RIcan (dad) Filipino (mom) too and my last name is Hernandez :D omg that is so frikin weird! LOL I would love to meet this family one day... probably find cousins, aunts, uncles? Wow
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