Dwayne Johnson
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Podcast Appearances
And that's what one of the qualities of trailblazing is, when you're able to change the behavior.
Of somebody, and that's what they did.
So the reason why I share that was because that, to me, that was my dad's greatest accomplishment, which was him becoming first black tag team champions.
But my dad always referenced that moment when he and I were in the ring together at WrestleMania as his greatest achievement.
Because even despite our complicated relationship, I think it's just the love of a son that...
And you always want to make your dad happy, you know, despite all the stuff you go through.
And in our family, I'm half black and half Samoan.
And in my culture, especially on the Polynesian side...
singing and dancing was ever present in our household with my dad as well.
And my mom, who will listen to this and is going to love this entire interview, she still carries a ukulele with her everywhere she goes, Terri.
Everywhere she goes, she's known.
Oh, here comes the ukulele lady, and then she'll remind everybody, no, I'm the rock's mom.
So we grew up singing, and I grew up singing Sam Cooke and Elvis and Hawaiian artists and Hawaiian songs and Polynesian songs.