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==Music career==

The Black Eyed Peas date back to 1988, when eighth-graders William Adams ([[will.i.am]]) and Allan Pineda ([[apl.de.ap]]) met and began rapping and performing together around Los Angeles. The pair signed to [[Ruthless Records]] (run by [[Eazy-E]]) in 1992, catching the attention of Eazy-E manager, [[Jerry Heller]]'s nephew. Along with another friend of theirs, [[Dante Santiago]], they called their band [[Atban Klann]] (ATBAN: A Tribe Beyond a Nation).<ref name="allmusic page">{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=The Black Eyed Peas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-black-eyed-peas-p302855/biography|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=January 4, 2011}}</ref> Will 1X (aka will.i.am), apl.de.ap, Mookie Mook, DJ Motiv8 (aka Monroe Walker) and Dante Santiago formed Atban Klann. Their debut album, ''[[Grass Roots (Atban Klann album)|Grass Roots]]'', was never released because Ruthless founder Eazy-E had died.{{Cn|date=November 2021}}