Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars is a singer and songwriter. The child of a Filipina mother and a Puerto Rican and Jewish father, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He is the first artist to have six diamond-certified songs in the United States, and eight of his singles have hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He has won 15 Grammy awards, and he is the second artist to win Record of the Year three times. Along with fellow multiracial Asian singer and songwriter Anderson .Paak, he is also half of the duo Silk Sonic; their debut single, “Leave the Door Open,” won four Grammy Awards in 2022.

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His mother, Bernadette (via)

As a young Elvis impersonator (via)

“There are a lot of people who have this mixed background that are in this gray zone. A lot of people think, ‘This is awesome. You’re in this gray zone, so you can pass for whatever the hell you want.’ But it’s not like that at all. It’s actually the exact opposite. What we’re trying to do is educate people to know what that feels like so they’ll never make someone feel like that ever again. Which is a hard thing to do. Because no one can see what we see and no one can grow up with what we grew up with. I hope people of color can look at me, and they know that everything they’re going through, I went through. I promise you.”

- From an interview with Latina magazine, January 2017

The young Elvis impersonator with his mother (via)

With his mother on his high school graduation day (via)

With his parents and siblings (via)

“I think everybody don’t know what color I am. It’s like, ‘He’s not Black enough. He’s not white enough. He’s got a Latin last name, but he doesn’t have — he doesn’t speak Spanish. Who are we selling this to? Are you making urban music? Are you making pop music? What kind of music are you making?”

- From an interview with 60 Minutes, November 2016

With his mother (via)

After the Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, where he won six of his 15 Grammys (via)

With fellow multiracial Asian singer and songwriter Anderson .Paak,
with whom he formed the duo Silk Sonic (via)