Listen to where he plans to take the Black Eyed Peas in the Philippines (which includes Secretary Ace Durano’s secret place in Cebu)… “Be Original, Write Your Own Songs, and Don’t be Afraid to Go Outside the Box and Try New Things…” – APL Listen to how you can be discovered in Jeepney Music!ģ. Listen to his answers to “What do you miss most (aside from your family) when you were growing up?” (at 8 minute mark) Listen to Tim Yap’s funny side comments and how he baptized Secretary Ace Durano as Ace.D.Act. Listen to his impromptu rap about the Filipino food that he likes (at 7.14 minute mark). Listen to how he ensures that there is a Filipino song in any BEP album, like Mare in the recent E.N.D. Listen firsthand to this exclusive interview of APL with the Philippine Media and Bloggers on how proud he is to be a Filipino. “Being a Filipino really grounded me and gave me the motivation to pursue my dreams…” – APL Let me know what you think about the video…Ģ. Fergie was a BEP fan before while Taboo was discovered dancing hiphop in a bar. This was the beginning of the friendship between APL.d.AP and Black Eyed Peas’ architect Will.i.am. His foster father would often leave APL in the house of Will.i.am’s mother, who would babysit him. To give you just a bit of trivia on the members of the Black Eyed Peas… APL was adopted by a US family when he was 14 years old. It gives international young travelers a fun peek at the colorful flavor, warm hospitality and natural wonders of our country.
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APL created the music video for FREE to promote Philippine tourism. Last October 1st, MTV launched the “Take U to the Philippines” music video. APL.d.AP’s “Take U to the Philippines” tourism video. Here are the 5 Awesome Things you should know about APL.d.AP…ġ. Rather, I was awed by how much he truly loves and pays tribute to the Philippines! When I met him in Singapore, I was not starstruck. A Filipino on top of the Billboard Charts is simply AWESOME! (Also, see the Flash Mob dancing to I Gotta Feeling in the opening of Oprah’s 24th season in Chicago) Black Eyed Peas even beat Elvis’, Michael Jackson’s, the Beatles’, and the Rolling Stones’ record in the US Billboard Charts. The Black Eyed Peas remained in the US top 100 singles billboard charts for 25 weeks. Their single “BOOM BOOM POW” stayed for 12 weeks, back to back with “I Gotta Feeling” for 13 weeks. Allan Pineda Lindo, popularly known as APL.d.AP of the Black Eyed Peas, is one of the Filipinos who made it to the International Music Scene.