I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don`t understand. They can't fathom that I'm African American, Venezuelan and Irish.

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I can remember when I told myself for the first time: `I'm going to be...

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I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother...

I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother...

Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and...

Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and...