Khalil Ramos | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Khalil Joseph Nepomuceno Ramos |
Born |
Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
January 22, 1996
Genres | OPM, Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor, Dancer, Model |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels |
Star Magic 2011–present Star Records 2012–present ASAP Artists 2012–present |
Website |
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Khalil Joseph Nepomuceno Ramos (born January 22, 1996), known professionally as Khalil Ramos, is a Filipino actor and singer. In July 2011, he won second place on Pilipinas Got Talent, a reality talent show in ABS-CBN. He is a recording artist and one of the talents of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. In 2012, he was cast in his first teleserye project, Princess and I, top-billing with Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla and Enrique Gil. He played the character of Felix Salonga (in his first starring role) in the critically acclaimed coming-of-age film 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten and is currently playing as Red Hernandez in the television series A Love to Last. He has two upcoming independent films to be released this, the thriller drama Kasunduan and Riding In Tandem.
Khalil Ramos was born January 22, 1996 in Parañaque City, Philippines to parents Lito Ramos and Tessa Nepomuceno, who are entrepreneurs. As of 2011, he was in his third year at Colegio San Agustin-Makati.
Khalil was inspired by his father, who started to train him to be a singer at the age of 5. His talent were influenced by Michael Jackson, David Cook, Journey, and John Lennon. However, his musical taste matured from the influences by Queen, Aerosmith, and The Beatles while growing up. In 2011 he trained with Jay Glorioso of the UP Diliman College of Music and Juilliard School of Performing Arts.
Khalil Ramos became popular recently due to his viral cover songs. Most of these covers are courtesy of his guesting in the radio program of Wish FM 107.5 (DWNU) last 2016. Some of these covers include the Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song) which had already reached a million views and counting. Due to his popularity, the radio station took him as a guest again for the second time last January 2017.