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The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.

The Philippines is where the love is.

Singapore ladies are very beautiful.

I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

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

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.

Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That's how Will and I got to know each other.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.

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.

You know, some things you can't change, but you can start from the youth to change the future.

Mentoring artists is something I love.

You need a screwdriver for screws and a hammer for nails. Anybody that's trying to screw in a nail with a screwdriver... that ain't too smart.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Music gave me that neutral lane to relate with everyone.