Black-eyed peas members biography meaning

American hip hop group

This article is about the American hip hop group. For the legume, see Black-eyed pea.

Not to be confused with Black Eyed Pilseung.

The Black Eyed Peas are an American musical group from Los Angeles, composed of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo.

The group's lineup during the height of their popularity in the 2000s^[5] featured Fergie, who left the group in 2018. They have sold an estimated 80 million records, making them one of the best-selling musical acts of all time,^[6] and were ranked 12th on Billboard's 2000s Decade-End Artist of the Decade Chart and 7th on the Hot 100 Artists of the Decade.

Formed in 1995 as an alternative hip hop trio, they signed with Interscope Records to release two albums—Behind the Front (1998) and Bridging the Gap (2000)—before rebranding to a more marketable pop-rap act; their third album, Elephunk (2003), became the group's commercial breakthrough.^[4]Elephu