The Black Eyed Peas manual

The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) are an American hip hop band that formed in Los Angeles in 1995. The group is composed of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist will.i.am and vocalists apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Since their album Elephunk in 2003, the groups hip hop/dance-oriented style has sold an estimated 23 million albums worldwide and 29 million singles. They scored their first worldwide hit with Where Is the Love? in 2003, which topped over ten charts worldwide. Another single was the European hit Shut Up.