First Filipina: Gelli De Belen

5.26.2006

Gelli De Belen

Gelli de Belen
AKA Anna Gianelli de Belen-Rivera

1st Filipina to record a rap track in Tagalog - "Mr. DJ" (1990)

QUOTE
"Focus on your craft not your press releases. Be respectful and considerate."

ALIAS
"Gelli"

DATE OF BIRTH
May 25, 1973

BIRTHPLACE
Metro Manila, Philippines

FATHER: Philip
MOTHER: Susan

HUSBAND: Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera
SONS: Joaquin Andres and Julio Alessandro

USEFUL LINKS

iGMA.tv Celebrity Profile: Gelli De Belen
Gelli de Belen's life as a married woman
History of Pinoy Rap

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...that Joy Rojas was the first Filipina to run across 3,107 miles across the United States?
...that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the first Filipino sports billionaire?
...that José Rizal was given the label 'First Filipino' by Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first Filipino Ambassador to Germany?

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