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former Kumbia Kings star Frankie J  releases another awesome video.

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Frankie JBorn In Tijuana, Mexico, Frankie and his family moved to San Diego, California, when he was 2. Both his grandfather and father were musical and as a young child Frankie loved to sing and would often entertain his family. Spanish was Frankie’s first language and the first music he was exposed to was the rhythmic sounds of his native land such as Cumbias Rancheras and Bandas. “Spanish music and the language is really my roots,” Frankie offers, “but I also listened to the same stuff other kids liked like Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, the Fat Boys and Michael Jackson. When I was 8 I was really into Michael Jackson and breaking, and as I got older I was really into artists like Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder and K-Ci and Jo Jo. You know, the real honest R&B.”

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