Jaime Luis Gómez (born July 14, 1975), better known by his stage name Taboo, is an American singer, actor, and rapper best known as a member of the group The Black Eyed Peas.
Taboo was born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, the son of Aurora Sifuentes and Jimmy Gómez. His parents are both Mexican American, and he also has more distant Shoshone ancestry. He attended Rosemead High School (class of 1993), and was educated at the Garvey Inte...
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Jaime Luis Gómez (born July 14, 1975), better known by his stage name Taboo, is an American singer, actor, and rapper best known as a member of the group The Black Eyed Peas.
Taboo was born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, the son of Aurora Sifuentes and Jimmy Gómez. His parents are both Mexican American, and he also has more distant Shoshone ancestry. He attended Rosemead High School (class of 1993), and was educated at the Garvey Intermediate. Two days before his 33rd birthday, Taboo married Jaymie Dizon in Pasadena, California on July 12, 2008. will.i.am and apl.de.ap served as groomsmen. The couple had their first child, Jimmy Jalen Gomez on July 19, 2009 and their second, Journey, on April 19, 2011. He has another son from a previous relationship, Joshua, who was born October 19, 1993. An autobiography, "Fallin' Up: My Story", co-authored with Steve Dennis, was released in February 2011.
The Black Eyed Peas date back to 1988, when eighth-graders William Adams (will.i.am...
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