It felt like a massive (seriously large) spouse and children reunion, with hundreds of Filipinos and pals collected for an exuberant, open up-air “Night of ‘Pinoy’tainment” at the Ford on Sunday. The Filipino American comedians, rappers, singers and dancers ranged from founded names these as comic Rex Navarrete and rapper Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas to up-and-coming comic Lila Hart and fast-climbing rapper Ruby Ibarra.
Singer-songwriter AJ Rafael hosted his sister, Jasmine Rafael, danced with her crew. From the back of the residence, members of the dance crew Kaba Present day (a spin on the Tagalog term kababayan, or “fellow countrymen”) cheered them on. The backstage spots resonated with the identical camaraderie, as performers joked and mingled.
Members of the dance group Kaba Modern-day pray ahead of using the phase.
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Comic Erick Esteban’s set was highlighted by a little bit about the Ewoks from “Star Wars” speaking Tagalog, just one of many languages spoken in the Philippines singer Jules Aurora wowed with “Kailangan Kita,” sung in Tagalog — which she does not communicate. VJ Rosales of the a cappella team the Filharmonic joined her for a group-satisfying rendition of Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” (Mars is also Filipino American).
Hart, who likes to say she’s “as tall as a parking meter,” bought huge laughs with energetic — and blue — humor pinging off her knowledge with spina bifida. Ibarra was joined by 14-calendar year-outdated singer Ella Jay Basco (for their collaboration “Gold”) and fellow Bay Area rapper Nump (for his “I Gott Grapes”). Ibarra shut with her ideal-identified track, “Us,” rapped in English, Tagalog and one more Filipino language, Visayan.
Navarrete’s routine imagined Manny Pacquiao in “The Expendables 2″ the laughs confirmed that audience customers weren’t far too deeply bruised by their champion’s convincing decline the prior weekend.
Closing the night time was Apl.de.Ap, who introduced out new Peas singer J. Rey Soul (a Filipina he learned even though internet hosting “The Voice of the Philippines”) for the Filipino American hip-hop anthem “Bebot.”
AJ Rafael wrapped up the festivities like a lumpia, declaring: “Food, buddies, spouse and children is what I assume about when I consider about currently being Filipino.”
Performers, which include comedian Lila Hart, heart entrance, gather onstage to near “A Night time of ‘Pinoy’tainment.”
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Ella Jay Basco, still left, and Ruby Ibarra rehearse in a dressing room.
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Singer-songwriter AJ Rafael, the evening’s host, buttons up his official shirt, identified as a barong tagalog.
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Rappers Ruby Ibarra, beneath, and Nump accomplish at “A Night of ‘Pinoy’tainment.”
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Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas and soaring comic Lila Hart share a chortle backstage.
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Jasmine Rafael, left, dances with her crew at “A Night of ‘Pinoy’tainment,” a celebration of Filipino American expertise at the Ford.
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Users of the dance group Kaba Modern-day huddle in advance of getting the phase.
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JR De Guzman performs at the Ford.
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Lila Hart rehearses backstage ahead of her stand-up comedy performance.
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Rapper Apl.de.Ap dances with singer Jules Aurora at “A Evening of ‘Pinoy’tainment.”
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Comedians Rex Navarrete and Lila Hart embrace backstage.
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Comic Erick Esteban, remaining, and rapper Nump at the Ford.
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Performers consider the phase at the conclusion of “A Evening of ‘Pinoy’tainment.”
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