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BLACK EYED PEA TO LAUNCH KIDDIE ART SCHOOL: Taboo teams with councilman for non-profit dance program.
*Jamie Gomez spent much of his youth perfecting his dance moves at the local community center in his hometown of Rosemead, CA. Although kids teased him for being Latino and “dancing black,” the kid kept on pop-lockin’ and break dancing, which he still draws upon today as Taboo of the “hip pop” group Black Eyed Peas.
In an effort to pass his love of the arts to today’s youngsters, Taboo has teamed with Rosemead Councilman John Tran to launch a nonprofit program that will school Rosemead children on the art of break dancing, martial arts and in-house music production.
The Tab Magnetic School of Art is currently in the process of gaining non-profit status. To start out, the program will likely be housed inside the Rosemead Community Center, where Taboo used to hang and dance.
“Every time I do a show, I hear people yelling ‘Rosemead, Rosemead,’” the 30-year-old told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. “I was never loved in Rosemead. I was an outcast with Rosemead, but now, wow, people look at me and they say ‘He did it, why can't I?’”
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