Charles Tan

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. Charles Bartholomew Tan is a Filipino rapper, battle emcee, songwriter and producer. He's also the lead vox of Emperatreze Collective and Waray Bayaay Movement. His affiliations are with Island Wave, KATunog, Crypto, MJ Vegas and Musikatbalogan. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? J. Cole, Born Sinner Jeremih, Planez (feat. J. Cole) - Single Ron Henley, Wala Pang Titulo - EP Theses albums have stories to tell. It inspired me to write songs of my own and tell stories of my life Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Maria (feat. Crypto) (2022 Remastered Version)” This song is made specially to a girl which I met on the city festival in my hometown, Catbalogan. The story portrays my dream of being a Waraynon-Filipino, doing ways courting this girl using my own culture.