HEARD: Sound advice

TREACH (left) and Vin Rock performed at the MTV Music Evolution held in Manila last May. Alexis Corpuz

Treach, one of the three members of the Grammy-winning hip-hop group Naughty by Nature, gives aspiring Filipino rappers advice: “Find your own sound and be yourself. Bring your own language and culture into the game, introduce the world to the Philippines, and tell stories no one else knows. Also, follow you heart and never say never. We came from the ghetto and we made it. We invested in ourselves. And you should, too.” Allan Policarpio