Ho , a singer of Hawaiian and Chinese descent on his paternal side and Hawaiian and Portuguese descent on his mother 's side , was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako to Emily ( Honey ) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho , but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu .
He was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako .