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My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.

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Bruno Mars
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: October 8
Choreographer
Composer
Dancer
Multi-Instrumentalist
Music Video Director
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Voice Actor
Honolulu
Hawaii
Peter Gene Hernandez
Peter Hernandez
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Mother
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Mom
Hula
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Moved
Percussion
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Philippines
Came
Hawaii
Child
Brooklyn

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