 Colby O'Donis Colón, who is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent, was born in Queens, New York, and grew up there and in Florida.His mother, Olga, is a singer once crowned Miss Puerto Rico in NY, and his father, Freddy "Fast Freddie" Colón is a New York disc jockey who worked on New York station WQHT He was named after Colby O'Donis, a firefighter who was killed while saving his father's life.O'Donis has one sister who is five years older.