★ M.A.R.A.★

AMERIE

Her 4th album, In Love & War, dropped TODAY, November 3rd

See the you tube video for the Heard ‘Em All single from her new album

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers is a two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and actress, born January 12, 1980 in Fitchburg, Mass to a Korean mother and Africa-American father.  She debuted her first album, All I Have, in 2002.  [1, 2]

Check out her song Gotta Work in the video below. PERFECT for a workout playlist.  Really gets ya goin.

[via Daily Motion]

Photos: Top, album cover
Keywords: Asian and African American hotties, Blasian, Black Asian
Other: Amerie’s Official Website, Amerie’s IMDB

famousfilipinos:

Kirk Hammett

lead guitarist of Metallica is half-Filipino.  WHAT?!? Am I kidding that I’ve been listening to Metallica since high school and I only just found out about this?!?

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Hammett was ranked 11th in Rolling Stone’s list - The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco to a Filipina mother (Chefela) and an Irish Merchant Marine father. He grew up in El Sobrante near Richmond, California.

famousfilipinos:

Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973), R&B pop singer, half-black & half-Filipino and is commonly known as Pharrell.  He is an American music producer, singer-songwriter, and rapper. He, along with Chad Hugo are the duo of The Neptunes where they produce pop, hip hop and R&B music. Known for his “sweet” countertenor,^[1] he is also the lead singer and drummer of the funk-rock band, N.E.R.D. He released his debut single “Frontin’” in 2003 and followed up with his debut album In My Mind in 2006. He sometimes refers to himself as “Skateboard P” in his songs.

famousfilipinos:

Teresa Victoria Carpio, more commonly known as T. V. Carpio, is a Chinese/Filipina-American singer, songwriter and actress. She was born in Oklahoma City in 1981. She is the daughter of well-known Hong Kong singer Teresa Carpio, with whom she has performed on stage as a backup singer. T.V. can converse fluently in both English and Cantonese. Her mother has also recorded one of her compositions.

Carpio’s lone solo as Prudence in Across the Universe (2007), a movie set to 33 of The Beatles’ songs, was “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

Carpio has also appeared on television, including a TV movie and in one episode of both The Jury and Law & Order. She made her Broadway debut in Rent as Alexi Darling and others, appearing from December 2006 until April 2007.