Who are H.E.R. the artist parents?

Who are H.E.R. the artist parents?

Gabriella Wilson – also known as H.E.R. – was born to Agnes and Kenny Wilson. Her mother is a Filipina American, and her father is Black. Kenny was once a member of a local California-based band, Urban Bushmen.

What is H.E.R. artist ethnicity?

She’s half Filipino, half black, and is that rare kind of mixed folk who identifies strongly with both sides, rather than choosing one over the other — or neither. Her home as a kid was distinctly Filipino, she says.

Where is H.E.R. family from?

1997–2011: Early life and career beginnings Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson was born in Vallejo, California, to a Filipina American mother and an African American father and raised in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.

Is singer her African American?

Singer and songwriter known by the stage name H.E.R. was born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson on June 27, 1997, in Vallejo, California. Wilson is of mixed ancestry, as her mother, Agnes, is Filipino, and her father, Kenny, is African American.