HIPHOPDX Bruno Mars
Real Name: Peter Gene Hernandez

BIO
Bruno Mars is one of the most accomplished artists, singer/songwriters and producers in today’s music history. On the strength of hits like “Perm,” “Finesse,” and “That’s What I Like,” Mars has received several awards and nominations, including 11 Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, eleven American Music Awards, 13 Soul Train Awards and holds three Guinness world records. He appeared in Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, Forbes magazine's list of "30 Under 30" in 2013, and Forbes's Celebrity 100 in 2014, 2018, and 2019. In 2021, Mars and Anderson .Paak, as Silk Sonic, released the collaborative studio album, An Evening with Silk Sonic as one of the most highly anticipated and acclaimed albums of the year.
PROPS
- He first found success writing songs for Flo Rida, Travie McCoy and on K’Naan’s “Wavin’ Flag,” which was the theme song for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
- He partnered with the Hawaii Community Foundation and the Grammy Foundation to establish a Grammy Camp Scholarship Fund for qualified needs-based applicants in the US.
- He donated $100,000 to the orphans of Bantay Bata, who were among the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
- He donated $1 million to the MGM Resorts Foundation, in order to assist MGM employees with financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top Bruno Mars Questions
He’s from Hawaii.
Bruno plays Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Ukulele, and the Congas
"Just the Way You Are" was his debut single. It went to number one and spent a total of 48 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2004 he signed with Motown but no music was released.
He was in Honeymoon in Las Vegas.
He played in 2014 and 2016.