Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas is an American hip-hop group from Los Angeles, which has gained publicity in recent years. The band works with such musical styles as alternative rap/hip-hop and jazz rap/hip-hop. The Black Eyed Peas consists of four members: Will. i. am(William Adams), Apl. de ap(Allan Pineda), Taboo and Fergie. The history of The Black Eyed Peas begins with the acquaintance between Will. i. am (born on March 15 1975) and Apl. de ap (born on November 28 1974) in 1989, when they were the pupils of Higher School. First they created duet Atbam Klann and played in different clubs in Los Angeles. In 1992 Atbam Klann negotiated a contract with Ruthless Records run by Eazy-E, though they didn't release at least one album, because of the death of Eazy-E in 1995. The same year the former member of Grassroots , Taboo (born on July 14 1975), joined Will. i. am and Apl. de ap. The trio changed their name into The Black Eyed Peas and let a contract with Interscope Records. And immediately in 1998 comes the debut album "Behind the Front", in the project of which took part such celebrities as Fugees and Macy Gray. The next album "Bridging The Gap" was released in 2000, but the circulation of it was even lesser than of the first one. Their breakout album, Elephant, appeared in 2003, which included "Where is the love?" feat. Justin Timberlake. It was the group's first album to feature the vocals of Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson (born on March 27, 1975). 2005 is the year of the successful album "Monkey Business", which embraces such hits as Don't Phunk With My Heart, Pump It, Don't Lie, My Humps.