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She's performing with Daniel Ho. Here's an article on it.
sure, Tia Carrere is easy on the eyes, but part of me believes this is just another way of using Hawai`i to market herself.
This has been debated quite a bit in other forums since she and Daniel won the Grammy back in February. Regardless of whether or not she's using Hawai`i to market herself (she was, after all, born in Honolulu), I give her props for mentioning twice in her Grammy acceptance speech that she wasn't worthy:sure, Tia Carrere is easy on the eyes, but part of me believes this is just another way of using Hawai`i to market herself.
If I could use the fact that I grew up in Manteno, Illinois, to make money, I would. What's wrong with that?
Actually she did grow up in Hawai`i...it wasn't until after she graduated from high school that she moved to the mainland to pursue an acting career. I think she met Ho in junior high.Yeah, it's kind of like all the Jimmy Buffett we have down here in Florida since he grew up in Alabama.
This has been debated quite a bit in other forums since she and Daniel won the Grammy back in February. Regardless of whether or not she's using Hawai`i to market herself (she was, after all, born in Honolulu), I give her props for mentioning twice in her Grammy acceptance speech that she wasn't worthy:
Honolulu Weekly: What do you make of this whole Grammy thing with Tia Carrere?
John Cruz: (laughter) Hey, I just give props to Tia, because she gets up there and says “I’m not worthy.” She wasn’t joking. She wasn’t, man.
But what is she supposed to do? You know she’s gonna get all the criticism, but it’s not her that’s controlling the votes. (The problem is) the stipulations put on the Grammy people by the Hawaiian music industry. They wanted to control the process, just like they have controlled the (Na Hoku Hanohano awards) for years, they wanted to control who gets a Grammy.
Here's an excerpt from an interview with John Cruz from the Honolulu Weekly. There's a bit more on the "controversy" so feel free to click on the link above to read more mana`o from Braddah John. Here's the quote:
Hey Brah, Mahaloz for educating the peoples! A hui ho!
She's no match to Brittni, Raiatea, Amy, Natalie and many others.....
I know who Brittni Paiva is, but do you think you can educate me (and some of the rest of us) as to some really good Hawaiian music?