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Apl.de.ap (1974)
Allan Pineda Lindo
Summary
Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. better known as apl.de.ap (pronounced "Apple D Ap"), is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.
Biography
early life
Pineda was born in Pampanga Philippines, to a Filipino mother and an African American father. His father, an Airman stationed at Clark Air Base, abandoned the family shortly after his birth; his mother, Cristina Pineda, raised him and his six younger siblings as a single mother. As a child, apl.de.ap would make an hour-long jeepney trip to and from school, and 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 through a dollar-a-day program. He initially came 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, but at fourteen he moved permanently to the United States to live with Hudgens.In Los Angeles, he attended John Marshall High School where he befriended William Adams , the nephew of Hudgens' roommate. He went to college at Holy Angel University. Apl.de.ap's early musical influences were 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. Apl 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.'" apl.de.ap revealed to People Magazine in 2011 that he is legally blind in both of his eyes, suffering from nystagmus and has this condition his entire career. "I'm good at shapes. If I'm not close, even if it's big, I can't read it. I doubted myself for a long time," apl.de.ap said. "I'm comfortable not using my vision. I weave around my problems." He went on to say in the same article that "Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn't going to accomplish anything." Two of his siblings are dead: his younger brother Arnel committed suicide (this is referenced in The Apl Song in the lines "I guess sometimes life's stresses get you down/Oh brother, wish I could have helped you out"). His youngest brother, Joven Pineda Deala, was murdered at the age of 22 in February 2009 in Porac, Pampanga.
career
He and will.i.am formed a break-dancing crew called Tribal Nation and performed regularly at Southern California parties and events. From 1992–1995, their crew was re-named Atban Klann (ATBAN stands for "A Tribe Beyond a Nation") and included MC Mookie Mook, performer Dante Santiago and producer DJ Motiv8. Atban Klann was eventually signed onto Eazy-E's label, Ruthless Records but Eazy-E's death put an end to their debut album Grass Roots.Lindo has brought his Filipino culture into his collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas. He explains his life story in a song called "The Apl Song" on the Peas' 2003 album Elephunk, which includes a full chorus in Tagalog sampled from the Asin song "Balita." The accompanying video, which includes cameos by fellow Filipino-Americans Dante Basco and Chad Hugo, is also a tribute to the Filipinos who fought for the U.S. in World War II; the song reached number one in the Philippines.
"Bebot" is another all-Tagalog song on 2005's Monkey Business album. A music video for "Bebot" was filmed in and around Los Angeles in early July 2006, including in Kenneth Hahn Park, where Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" video was also filmed; the video features primarily Filipinos, Filipino Americans and other Asian-Americans from the Los Angeles area. The video was directed by Patricio Ginelsa who also directed "The Apl Song" and produced the Filipino-American coming of age movie The Debut. The single was not released in the US but was in the Philippines and several other Asian countries.
Apl.de.ap is working on a solo album. He recently disclosed in an interview that he would be collaborating with fellow Filipino-American Chad Hugo of The Neptunes and Illmind from G-Unit to incorporate traditional Filipino instruments into his songs. Some of his songs are uploaded on his MySpace page. On January 3, 2009, he debuted the first single, You Can Dream featuring Billy Crawford, from his upcoming album on the internationally broadcast Philippine variety/game show Wowowee. In August, he released a music video for his second single named Mama Filipina.
Apl.de.ap started the Apl Foundation. It is committed in giving back to communities and children within the Philippines and throughout Asia. He also started his own music company called Jeepney Music, Inc. It is currently based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. It currently handles DJs such as Free School, DJ Rockyrock, DJ MIA, and PoetNameLife.
Apl.de.ap recorded another Tagalog song for The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album, "The E.N.D.", the song is called "Mare". In 2009, he also had a song entitled "Take Me to The Philippines", in partnership with the Department of Tourism of the Philippines.
- 2011
- 2005
Album
- Artists
Just can't get enough
Songwriter
2011Missing You
Songwriter
2010Pump It
Songwriter
2006Don't Lie
Songwriter
2005Where is the love?
Songwriter
2003BEP Empire/Get Original
Songwriter
2000Weekends
Songwriter
2000Joints & Jam
Songwriter
1998Just can't get enough
Composer
2011Don't Stop the Party
Composer
2011Imma Be Rocking That Body
Composer
2010Do It Like This
Composer
2010Boom Boom Pow
Composer
2009I Gotta Feeling
Composer
2009Pump It
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2006Like That
Composer
2006Bebot
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2006Don't Lie
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2005Let's Get It Started
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2004Where is the love?
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2003Request + Line
Composer
2001Just can't get enough
Lyricist
2011Don't Stop the Party
Lyricist
2011The Time
Lyricist
2010Boom Boom Pow
Lyricist
2009I Gotta Feeling
Lyricist
2009Pump It
Lyricist
2006Like That
Lyricist
2006Bebot
Lyricist
2006Don't Lie
Lyricist
2005Let's Get It Started
Lyricist
2004Where is the love?
Lyricist
2003BEP Empire/Get Original
Lyricist
2000Joints & Jam
Lyricist
1998- Production
The Beginning
Record producer
2010The E.N.D. Summer 2010 Canadian Invasion Tour: Remix Collection
Record producer
2010The E.N.D.
Record producer
2008Renegotiations: The Remixes
Record producer
2006Bebot
Record producer
2006Monkey Business
Record producer
2005Elephunk
Record producer
2003BEP Empire/Get Original
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2000Bridging the Gap
Record producer
2000
Music track
- Artists
I Gotta Feeling
Composer
2009Boom Boom Guetta
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2009Sumthin for That Ass
Composer
2003Request + Line
Composer
2001I Gotta Feeling
Lyricist
2009Boom Boom Guetta
Lyricist
2009Sumthin for That Ass
Lyricist
2003Leave It All Behind
Lyricist
1998- Production
Just Can't Get Enough
Record producer
2010The Time
Record producer
2010Play It Loud
Record producer
2010Light Up the Night
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2010Love You Long Time
Record producer
2010XOXOXO
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2010Someday
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2010Whenever
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2010Fashion Beats
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2010Don't Stop the Party
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2010Do It Like This
Record producer
2010The Best One Yet
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2010Boom Boom Pow
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2008Feel It
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2005Make Them Hear You
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2005Gone Going
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2005Shake Your Monkey
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2005They Don't Want Music
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2005Disco Club
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2005Pump It
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2005Bebot
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2005Don't Phunk with My Heart
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2005Ba Bump
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2005My Style
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2005Audio Delite At Low Fidelity
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2005Don't Lie
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2005Union
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2005My Humps
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2005Do What You Want
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2005Like That
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2005If You Want Love
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2005Dum Diddly
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2005Bend Your Back
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2005Hands Up
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2003Anxiety
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2003Labor Day (It's a Holiday)
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2003Where Is the Love?
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2003Let's Get It Started
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2003Hey Mama
Record producer
2003Shut Up
Record producer
2003Smells Like Funk
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2003Latin Girls
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2003Sexy
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2003Fly Away
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2003The Boogie That Be
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2003The Apl Song
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2003Hot
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2000Cali To New York
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2000Lil' Lil
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2000Own My Own
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2000Release
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2000Bridging The Gaps
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2000Go Go
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2000Rap Song
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2000BEP Empire
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2000Bringing It Back
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2000Weekends
Record producer
2000Tell Your Mama Come
Record producer
2000Get Original
Record producer
2000