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I emptied the trash and wiped down tables. But my job that I remember the most was picking up horse manure for the Electrical Parade.
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I actually went to the frontline to be with my brothers at Standing Rock.
If I was going to play any video game, it'd be things like 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!', 'Street Fighter' and 'Mortal Kombat.'
Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.
We're best friends that get to travel the world and create a movement. That's what's special about Black Eyed Peas.
It's powerful when you're able to celebrate your culture, but also bring the arts and music to the masses.
You really need to stop and appreciate what you have, the love you have from your family, your friends, the love that you have for yourself.
At home, I'm daddy and a husband. There's no Superman's cape. I'm changing diapers, giving my kids baths, and coloring 'Angry Birds' and playing games with them.
In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a show which we could put on in front of anybody.
Brazilian music has always been a part of us, but it's even more valuable now because of the sentiment or the theme of the actual song. So I feel like 'Street Livin'' is paying homage to what we started and it's touching on a lot of serious themes to DACA, immigration reform, prison control... all the things we address in the video.
Our first major hit was 'Where Is the Love.' That was what best represented us bringing people together, no matter what walk of life, and no matter what culture or creed.
Every time we come out, there's a hunger for creative expression or creative ways to put out content that isn't duplicated from our last run. Whether it's technology, messaging, visual… we're always pushing the envelope.
Before the music and before the fame, I loved Apl for Allan Pineda, for being a brother that he is and for the inspiration - for him to actually come to the States from the Philippines and make something of his life. That's inspirational.
I was almost giving up because the chemo was so intense and aggressive that there were moments I had to find the inner strength within myself.
It's all about evolution and for us, we try to think outside the box and not try to duplicate what we've done in the past.
We have a global audience… we travel, and our name travels.
I'm connected with my indigenous roots.
I'm the performer of the group. My thing is like, every time I come on stage, I always bring it 120 percent, 150 percent.
When you're getting chemotherapy, you feel so alone, even when your family is there, or your friends are there with you. Sometimes it's just you, feeling like you're in a fight against something that you can't control.
When I see children in New Delhi, babies walking around in no diapers and their mother is in a corner putting up bricks, it gives you a sense of being grounded.
It takes one person to stand up for what he believes in. I believe there's been an injustice in Arizona. I oppose Bill 1070.
A lot of people have a misconception about artists, that they're invincible, you know, they're on a different plateau. But I'm just a human being.
Now that I'm older, I appreciate my culture and I appreciate Spanish. I feel bad I didn't pick up on it earlier.
Life is too short to be serious.
Most of my career, people have the misconception about me as being threatening and scary, and having an intense look, but that's not the real me.
Our daughter is a miracle baby, and having time with her and my sons means everything to me - they're why I kept fighting.
My life got turned upside down when I found out I had cancer.
As long as you're having fun and being positive and progressive, I'm going to say you're living a Zumbao lifestyle.
I'm a b-boy for life. I'm a dancer, I started with free style dancing and b-boying during the '80s and I always said to myself that when I get the chance to do my own thing, I will always have the b-boy element and the dance element because that's where I come from.
We're not just three guys in a rap act. We want all sorts of people at our gigs.
Black Eyed Peas is me, Will and apl.de.ap. That is who Black Eyed Peas is. We are the sole members.
When they told me I had cancer, I thought I was going to die.
All I've got to say is if I'm a sellout, I'm selling out arenas all over the world, and I'd rather be selling out arenas than selling out of my trunk on the corner of my block.
The Black Eyed Peas as a whole is something I always look forward to.
It's a natural thing for us to be working on content and finding ways to implement, whether it's visuals or the partnerships to go along with the audio.
Even if we are 50 or 60 years old, if we can do it we will continue to create content that pushes the envelope.
Apl introduced me to all the Pinays he knew, and so I married one.
I grew up listening to a lot of hiphop music and R'n'B. Bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Cypress Hill, New Edition, Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and a lot of Spanish music.
We don't want to live in the past; we want to go into the future.
I was the first Pea to have kids - you know how it is - I have three wonderful children, and when we talked about that time, and Fergie would say 'Tab, what is it like?' I always told her when the time is right, it's gonna happen for you, and God bless her, and I can't wait to see baby Ferg.
Apl has a lot of songs that are paying homage to his native tongue. He's from the Philippines. He has songs inspired by his culture.
I did something that's a no-no in the music industry. I cut my hair. For years, my hair was my stamp. 'Oh, that's the long-haired guy from the Black Eyed Peas.' But when I did it, it was like a breath of fresh air.
You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated enough to understand what hip-hop culture is really about.
The thing about Black Eyed Peas is we're very humorous. All we do is laugh all day.
The Peas is the mothership you always go to. But when you able to bring something new to the table, it makes you stand out as an artist. I am not chasing the same things as Fergie or Will.i.am.
Fergie brought her own style. She is a fashion icon, but she's lovable and approachable.
I wake up every day with a smile - I'm a blessed man, and every day is special.
In Vietnam, we can go and get big audiences, and we've been going there for so long. A lot of other hip-hop groups don't even go.
Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.
We didn't expect 'Boom Boom Pow' to come out the box and be so successful.
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