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Great article on SFGate.com about Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. He’s written a song on their latest album that is completely in Tagalog:

It is not the first time that Black Eyed Peas, who will perform this weekend with the Dave Matthews band at SBC Park, has experimented with Tagalog. “The Apl Song” in “Elephunk” featured a Tagalog chorus from a Filipino folk band.

But in “Monkey Business,” Apl included not just a chorus but an entire song in his native tongue.

That underscores his attitude toward his ethnic identity. It’s not just another footnote or curious factoid in Apl’s career — he embraces it, flaunts it and would willingly get onstage to sing loudly — as he does in Bebot — “Filipino! Filipino! Filipino!”…

Apl’s biological father was a U.S. serviceman who left him and his mother, Christina Pineda, before he was born. Apl, a.k.a. Allan Pineda, grew up with four brothers and two sisters supported by his mother…

At 14, he was adopted by a Southern California attorney. Apl still has vivid memories of his departure.