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apl.de.ap (Filipino Descent) [BEP - Bebot MV]
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BIO:
Allan Pineda Lindo, (b. 28 November 1974) better known as apl.de.ap, is a hip hop musician, record producer, and member of the The Black Eyed Peas. He was born in the Barangay (Barrio) of Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, in the Philippines, to a Filipino mother and African American father.
Early life
apl.de.ap, together with will.i.am, is one of the original members of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. His father, a U.S. airman stationed at nearby Clark Air Base, abandoned the family shortly after his birth. The eldest of 7, his mother, Cristina Pineda, raised him and his four brothers and two sisters in their small barrio. He would ride the jeepneys to school an hour away from his family home. In order to make money, apl farmed sweet potatoes, corn, sugarcane and rice until he moved to the United States at the age of 14.
Apl was sponsored by the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, an organization that finds healthier living environments for young abandoned or orphaned Amerasian children, most of whom have been abandoned by their American fathers. He was sponsored by Joe Ben Hudgens through a dollar-a-day program, and initially brought to the United States at the age of 11 to treat nystagmus, an involuntary movement of the eyes. During a trip to Disneyland, apl expressed his interest in staying in the United States. It would take another three years for Hudgens to officially adopt him.
After adoption, Apl moved to the US to live with Hudgens, where he met will.i.am, the nephew of Hudgen's roommate. He attended John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, California.
Music had always been part of Apl's life, his early influences having been Stevie Wonder, The Eagles, The Beatles, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Leaders of the New School and the popular Filipino rock/folk group, Asin. Hip-hop was part of Apl's life from his youth, through break dancing, "I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing," he said. "I would see kids at the corner break-dancing and I'm like, 'I wanna do that.'"
Career
They then teamed up and formed a break-dancing crew called Tribal Nation and were regularly performing at Southern California parties and events. As their partnership evolved, they added another MC, Mookie Mook, performer Dante Santiago and producer DJ Motiv8 (part of the group from 1992-1995) and the name of their crew turned into Atban Klann (ATBAN stands for "A Tribe Beyond a Nation"), and became part of L.A.'s hip-hop/break-dance circuit, eventually being signed onto Eazy-E's label, Ruthless Records. Their debut album, "Grass Roots," was never released because Easy-E passed away before they could put the album out.
He explains his life story in a song called "The Apl Song" found on the Peas' 2003 album Elephunk (track 11). This song has a full chorus in Tagalog (Filipino) taken from the Asin song "Balita." "Coming from the Philippines my whole goal was to support my family and have a better living situation," he said. "Trying to pursue my dream took up a lot of my time, and I got separated from my family a little bit ... I was separated from my brothers and sisters. Some good things happened to them and some bad things happened to some of them." This is in reference to the suicide of his younger brother Arnel, a heartbreaking event he recalls in the song. Its accompanying video, which reached number one in the Philippines, with its cameo appearances by fellow Fil-Ams, Dante Basco and Chad Hugo, is also a tribute to the Filipinos who fought for the U.S. in World War II.
"Bebot" is another all-Tagalog song on 2005's Monkey Business album. A music video for "Bebot" was filmed in early July 2006 and premiered online on August 4, 2006. The video was directed by Patricio Ginelsa (Kid Heroes Productions) who also directed "The Apl Song" and produced the Filipino-American coming of age movie, "The Debut" . The Bebot music video was filmed in various locations in Los Angeles, CA, one location including Kenneth Hahn Park, where Dr. Dre's "Nothing But A G Thang" video was also filmed. The term "Bebot" is Filipino slang for "pretty woman", "hot chick", "hottie", "baby/babe". The video for Bebot features primarily Filipinos, Filipino Americans and several other Asian ethnicities from the Los Angeles area (Korean Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Thai Americans, Indonesian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, etc.) The single was not released in the US but was in the Philippines and several other Asian countries.
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Length: 285
Rating: 5.00 (46 ratings)
Tags: Black Eyed Peas Bebot Music Video Filipino Descent High School Musical PMC PinoyMusicChoice
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Doritos - Apl.De.Ap commercial
Doritos - Commercial with Apl.De.Ap. Where's the party at?
Lo spot dei "Doritos", un marchio americano con partecipazione di Apl.De.Ap dei Black Eyed Peas.
Length: 36
Rating: 4.80 (5 ratings)
Tags: black eyed peas commercial spot pubblicitĂ doritos Apl.De.Ap
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Blended Events: Dj Rocky Rock Bday Bash wt Apl de Ap &Kid
Dj Rocky Rock Bday with Apl de Ap of Black Eyed Peas and Hosted by Kid from Kid n Play @ Ritual Hollywood with Blended Events, Usual Suspects, Blu Fizz, Kicks LA.
Check out the battling n beat juggling of a World Famous DMC Champion. A multi platinum grammy rapper Apl de Ap of the Black Eyed Peas doing his solo cuts for his upcoming new album and Kid from the House Party movie set now live at Ritual Hollywood
Length: 357
Rating: 5.00 (3 ratings)
Tags: rocky rock usual suspects blended black eyed peas apl de ap kt so
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apl.de.ap at Myx Launch Party
apl.de.ap at Myx Launch Party at the Glas Kat in San Francisco. April 12, 2007.
Length: 352
Rating: 5.00 (6 ratings)
Tags: family music
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