00:00 The first thing I purchased once I made some money was a rice field.
00:06 I don't know, I was just like, "You know if I buy a rice field, my mom never has to buy rice ever again."
00:14 [Music]
00:30 Yeah, I'm very like, you know, very excited to see other Filipinos in the game.
00:36 You know, we've always been in the background, you know, in our beginning from DJs to MCs,
00:44 and now we're in the forefront of American culture.
00:48 And I'm just proud to see everybody that I can relate to, and I'm like, "Hey!"
00:54 You know, it's like seeing Pinoys around the world, you know.
00:59 It's like you get that instant connection, and you just feel proud.
01:05 [Music]
01:12 You know, it's important for, you know, especially for Web3 because it protects the artists from their creation, you know.
01:22 It gives them like an equal playing field, especially in the industry these days, you know.
01:28 It's hard to like, you know, and they could directly to the listeners, to supporters with their creations.
01:36 So it's a great tool to have.
01:38 [Music]
01:44 It could kind of like, you know, learn data, but for anything, something new, new music, new songs, new emotions.
01:57 I don't think it could replace musicians, you know.
02:01 It could enhance, but you could never replace a human emotions and writing.
02:08 [Music]
02:15 We've always been trying to push the envelope and try to utilize technology to our advantage.
02:21 And instead of fearing it, embrace it and like try to use it.
02:26 We've been doing, you know, from "Dirty Bit" to "I Got a Feeling," even on "Rock Your Body."
02:32 If you pay attention to the beginning of the song, we were already talking about AI, you know.
02:38 We didn't have to like show up in the studio to record our vocals and stuff.
02:43 But we've always been, you know, ahead and try to push the envelope and just utilizing all the technologies around us, all the platforms.
02:52 [Music]
02:58 Going back home every year, every Christmas, I've seen the discrepancy of just a place to educate the youth.
03:07 We built a computer lab in Sapang Bato, the foundation that built a music studio.
03:13 Aspiring artists could go there and record their demos and music, and as well as classrooms, you know.
03:21 It's very important to have a structure to build dreams.
03:25 From cleaning the surroundings to recycling and to agriculture, you know.
03:33 I want to improve that, provide opportunities to people in my neighborhood.
03:37 [Music]
03:43 So I used to tag along with my grandfather. He was a farmer.
03:46 So I used to go to the mountain with him and plant from corns to sweet potatoes, to kamoten kahoy, to tubo, as well as a designated kalabao driver, you know.
03:58 Tagging along with my grandfather, it always kind of like, there was like a concern inside, inside of me like,
04:06 "Okay, I got to learn most of these things so I could continue my grandfather's legacy in my family."
04:13 The first thing I purchased once I made some money was a rice field.
04:19 I don't know, I was just like, "You know, if I buy a rice field, my mom never has to buy rice ever again."
04:27 So instead of fancy cars, I bought like a land for a rice field.
04:33 And beyond music, it's been kind of knocking on my door to get back to it.
04:39 I've been meeting people that talks about agriculture and how we're actually running out of soil, healthy soil, to grow crops.
04:49 When that was brought up to me, I'm like, "Oh, I felt kind of obligated to do something about it."
04:54 [Music]
05:00 Not too much like technology, technology, but mostly like organic type of technology, you know.
05:08 I think collecting data, using AI, we could utilize that in the future to like, learn the cycle of certain vegetables,
05:16 or learning the environment of what kind of like microbes are that's needed in that surrounding, you know.
05:26 So it's mostly organic technology, I would say.
05:29 [Music]
05:35 I've always been like the cook of the crew, you know.
05:40 I like cooking for my friends on the weekends, on boxing nights, football, basketball.
05:49 So I would invite everybody and I like cooking.
05:52 I was nervous at first, but it's one of my passions.
05:56 So I'd like to showcase what I know, and as well as learning new things, you know.
06:02 I got to introduce our cuisine.
06:05 All I cooked was all Filipino food, you know.
06:09 I like to introduce our cuisine around the world, you know, and I'm very proud of it.
06:15 It was fun.
06:16 You know, I got sauces coming, apple sauces.
06:21 We're working on that.
06:22 That's another legacy that I'd like to capture is my mom's cooking, you know.
06:27 I've asked her to send me recipes.
06:29 It's all on my fridge in LA, from bistec to adobo.
06:34 So definitely in the future, I'd like to open up a restaurant.
06:37 [Music]
06:42 I'd say my philanthropy work, I was blessed to give an opportunity to become who I am now,
06:49 to have the opportunity to become a Black-eyed pea.
06:52 So I like to reciprocate that and help other kids paying it forward.
06:56 But music got me there, so, but definitely I'd like to spread the love, the opportunity,
07:04 and help other kids.
07:05 [Music]
07:10 More music.
07:11 I have a side project coming.
07:15 This one, you're gonna have to really pay attention because it's gonna be under another alias.
07:21 And as well as the sustainable agriculture.
07:26 I'm very excited about that.
07:27 Make it an example with the things I'm talking about, the biochar and how the healthier,
07:34 how healthier the crops are.
07:35 So not just talking about it, I want to show it and, you know, make my, one of the farm
07:43 as an example.
07:45 We also got a beer coming out.
07:46 I'm introducing different type of beers around the world that I've experienced.
07:52 So I'd like to bring some of that taste back home.
07:55 I would like to create a retreat center to introduce healthier eating.
08:00 It fixes a lot of things, medical-wise.
08:03 That's one of my dreams and goals.
08:05 From old school to new school, I mean, a lot.
08:13 From Asin to Apple Hiking to SB19, the hip-hop artists in the Philippines, from Glock 9 to
08:24 Abra to violin.
08:27 I like everything, you know, from different music genres coming from the Philippines.
08:32 Hopefully I made my country proud that I helped out other people with the blessings that I have.
08:45 I can't take it with you.
08:46 Might as well spread the love and what you have to other people.
08:51 [Music]
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