Toro Y Moi is 23 year old Columbia, South Carolina native and resident Chaz Bundick. After earning a BFA in Graphic Design at The University of South Carolina, Chaz decided to push his music further now that he has more time on his hands. His mom came from the Phillipines to the United States, where she met her future husband (who\'s African American) in college. They lived in New York City taking in all the wonderful cultural influences the city\'s rising underground scene had to offer at the time (late 70s/early 80s).