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1. "It took me almost a year to find myself," says Apache Indian, a stage name for 27-year-old Steve Kapur.
2. "My music is a reflection of how I grew up — the reggae from the streets, the Indian bhangra sound and language from home, and perhaps the pop from the radio."
3. "My parents came to this country when rock and roll was popular, and they were great fans of Elvis Presley. If I had followed him, there would have been no problem. It was harder for my parents to accept my love of Bob Marley, Burning Spear and Misty in Roots. Asians tend to have a very negative attitude towards black people, and reggae in particular was associated with gangs."

Answer 1

Apache Indian, a stage name for 27-year-old Steve Kapur said that it had taken him almost a year to find himself .

He added that music was a reflection of how he had grown up — the reggae from the streets, the Indian bhangra sound and language from home, and perhaps the pop from the radio.

3. He said that his parents had come to that country when rock and roll had been popular, and they had been great fans of Elvis Presley. He said if he had followed him, there would have been no problem. He said it had been harder for his parents to accept his love of Bob Marley, Burning Spear and Misty in Roots. He explained that Asians tended to have a very negative attitude towards black people, and reggae in particular had been associated with gangs.