It's All About Music, Because Music Is

I Started Doing Shows In Places That I Couldn't Pronounce, Didn't Know Existed, And I've Seen People That Didn't Speak English Or Spanish Rapping To Every Lyric And Singing To Every Hook. I Said, "this Is The Type Of Music That I Want To Do."

Now Look At The Crowd. We’ve Got Everybody Here Tonight: Black, White, Asian, Latinos—and Guess What? President Obama Says We Can All Stay! God Bless America!

Humor Is Everything. Everything. Usually The Negatives Turned Out To Be The Most Positive For Me. In The Music Industry, Any Other Artist Would Have Looked At The Situation I Was In And Thought, "oh Man, This Is Not For Me." I Looked At It More Like Darwin Exploring The Galápagos Islands. You Know - Survival Of The Fittest.

I Already Had Three Strikes Against Me. One, I Have Light Skin. Two, I'm From Miami, Which Wasn't Getting Looked At At The Time. Three, I'm Cuban. But Now, I've Made Everything That Stacked Against Me Into A Virtue.

It's All About Music, Because Music Is Basically What's... Been My Avenue Out Of Maybe Being Involved In Things I Shouldn't Be.