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PERSONAL LIFE Allan Pineda Lindo Jr. or Apl. De. Ap or Apple D Ap, was born on November 28, 1974 in Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Allan Jr. was born to a Filipino mother and an African-American father who abandoned his wife shortly after his birth. His mother, Cristina Pineda raised him and his six younger siblings. He helped his family grow rice, corn sugar cane and sweet potatoes. A foundation called the Pearl S. Buck Foundation matched him up with a sponsor name Joe Ben Hudgens. At the age of 11, He came to the United States to treat nystagmus, nystagmus is an involuntary movement of the eye. He told Hudgens that he wanted to stay in the United States during a trip to Disneyland. It would take three years for Hudgens to adopt him, but, at age 14, he permanently moved to the united states to live with Hudgens.

CAREER Apl went to high school at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles where he met William Adams better known as will.i.am. They started a break dancing group called Tribal Nation. He was introduced to break dancing when he took the jeepeny to Angeles City. He saw kids on the streets dancing and he thought “I wanna do that.” Tribal Nation performed at Southern California parties and other events. From 1992-1995 the dance group was re-named Atban Klann (ATBAN stands for A Tribe Beyond a Nation.) When Apl was part of the Black Eyed Peas, they wrote a song explaining his life story, they called it The Apl Song. The song reached number one in the Philippines.

Apl. De. has recently built a recording studio in the Philippines to help people be creative. He's written a new song called People Power, he's going to go to the Philippines to film the music video and is going to donate all of the proceeds to charity.