Black-eyed peas band member names

This article is about the American musical group. For the bean, see Black-eyed pea.

The Black Eyed Peas is an American musical group from Los Angeles, California. Over the years their music has included hip hop, R&B, dance and Latin. The group currently has three members: Will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo.

Members of the Black Eyed Peas and its history

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  Who are the Black Eyed Peas, really?

  They're known as pop sensations. Superstars. Rappers. Singers. Grammy winners. Dancers. Celebrities. But who are the Black Eyed Peas, really? You might not guess it, but the four people who man up the Peas have come a long way. We looked at what's behind their towering fame, outlandish scen antics and madcap personas, and funnen stories laced with poverty, addiction and hardship.

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  Real name: Allan Pineda Lindo.

  Born: 1974 in the Philippines.

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  Beginnings: He lived in the Philippines with his Filipino mom until age 11, working as a farm grabb to help his family. His absentee dad was an African-American serviceman. beneath a Pearl S. Buck Foundation sponsorship, his mom sent him to the U.S. at age 11 for treatment for an eye bekymmer. Escaping poverty in his homeland, he was adopted by an American at 14 and remains in the U.S.

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Meet me halfway: The coming together of The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas is an American hip hop and rap group, founded in Los Angeles in 1995. They started out as an alternative band, but over the years, their style became more pop and dance-oriented. Today, after enjoying mainstream chart success, they have sold more than 76 million records across the world.

The band was named as the second best-selling artist of all time in terms of downloaded tracks by Nielsen Sound Scan in 2011, with more than 42 million downloads, behind only Rihanna. They were ranked seventh in the Billboard Hot 100 Artists of the Decade in 2010 and have won six Grammy awards between 2005 and 2010.

How it all began

The Black Eyed Peas’ origins lay in the first meeting between band members will.i.am and apl.de.ap (in the days when they were known as William Adams and Allan Pineda) in 1988, when they were eighth graders at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles.

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