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"APL.DE.AP"
In the Philippines, where apl.de.ap (real name: Allan Pineda) was born, "they have a movie about him," says bandmate Taboo. "A movie!" Pineda, 30, who was raised in L.A. by adoptive parents, is hoping he won't be the last Filipino to find worldwide fame. With a solo album of Filipino music in the works, he is starting a record label dedicated to discovering artists from his homeland. When the Peas went there last year, he was given a hero's welcome—and got to share it with his biological parents. "I actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there," he says. "I just brought my mom up onstage and was like, 'Look, here we are.'"

"WILL.I.AM"
The Peas' de facto leader, William Adams, who started the band in 1995, moonlights as a clothing designer (I AM), record exec (his namesake label has signed Macy Gray and Fergie)—and philanthropist. During Grammy week the L.A. native organized a tsunami-relief benefit, and in March he spent his 30th birthday overseeing construction of homes in devastated areas in Malaysia. "The kids were running around, happy that somebody cared," he says "It changed my perspective on life."

"FERGIE"
The true sign of success? When the Peas hit the road, "I get my own room to change in, as opposed to somebody holding up a towel," jokes Stacy Ferguson, 30. During the band's two-month tour, she plans to keep in touch with her boyfriend of a year, Las Vegas star Josh Duhamel, 32, with a webcam. The fans who see her live can thank her workout regimen for those mesmerizing moves. "Our shows are an hour and a half long, so I'm forced to do all that cardio," she says. "But I don't mind fluctuating [in weight] a little bit. It's not about size, because I love a nice, thick booty."

"TABOO"
His pre-Peas jobs included cleaning up horse manure at Disneyland and serving meals in a high school cafeteria, so Taboo (born Jaime Luis Gomez), 29, remembers what it was like to be a kid looking for direction. The single dad (he has a 12-year-old son, Joshua, with an ex-girlfriend) is starting a martial-arts and breakdancing afterschool program in his native east L.A. And the mentoring starts with Joshua. When the group picked up a Grammy this year, "I had him sitting right there with me," says Taboo. "It was great to have my son see if you chase your dreams sometimes they become reality."