Apl.de.ap
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Allan Pineda Lindo |
| Also known as | apl.de.ap |
| Born |
November 28, 1974 Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, electro, alternative hip hop, hip house, Philippine hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, record producer, singer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Ruthless Records, BMBX Entertainment |
| Associated acts | The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, Fergie, Taboo, Atban Klann, David Guetta, Eazy-E |
| Website | apldeap.com |
Allan Pineda Lindo (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name apl.de.ap (pronounced "Apple Dee Ap"), is a Filipino American rapper, record producer, singer and musician best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
Allan Pineda Lindo was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. His African American father, an airman stationed at Clark Air Base, left the family shortly after his birth; his Filipino mother, Cristina Pineda, raised him and his six younger siblings as a single mother. As a child, Pineda helped his family subsist by farming sweet potatoes, corn, sugar cane and rice. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation, an organization that finds healthier living environments for young abandoned or orphaned American children, matched him with a sponsor named Joe Ben Hudgens, a lawyer, through a dollar-a-day program. He initially came to the United States at the age of 14 to treat nystagmus, an involuntary movement of the eyes. After a trip to Disneyland, Pineda expressed his interest in staying in the United States. It would take another three years for Hudgens to officially adopt him, but at fourteen he moved permanently to the United States to live with Hudgens.
In Los Angeles, Pineda attended John Marshall High School, where he met and befriended William Adams (stage name will.i.am), the nephew of Hudgens' roommate. Pineda's early musical influences were Stevie Wonder, the Eagles (band), The Beatles, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Leaders of the New School and the Filipino rock/folk group Asin. Pineda was introduced to hip hop by 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.'" Pineda revealed to People Magazine in 2011 that he is legally blind in both of his eyes, suffering from nystagmus and has had this condition his entire career. His vision was corrected in 2012.
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