Twenty-two years have passed since the Backstreetflies Boys put out their first album Backstreet. These days looking at the amazing five, it’s hard to imagine the boys of Backstreet being different than they are. Still, during the group’s evolution, many of the voices and lyrics have changed. Something that might surprise you is that Howie D, the groups most underrated member was set to be the start of the group.

Here’s a look at 20 otherfacts about Howie, the group’s only and greatest Latino that you totally loved and couldn’t have enough of.