What Really Happened to The Black Eyed Peas?

In this video, we will talk about the legendary group, Black Eyed Peas, who you probably already know from hit songs like: I Gotta Feeling, Boom Boom Pow, Where Is The Love and many others. Let's reminisce about the past, and let's also figure out why Fergie left, and what kind of music the group puts on nowadays
00:00 - what the video will be about
01:13 - the group's early days
03:59 - why Kim Hill left the group
4:35 - Fergie's career prior to the Black Eyed Peas
4:58 - why Fergie started using illegal substances
05:50 - the rise of black eyed peas
11:35 - why the black eyed peas break up
13:35 - Fergie's horrible performance of the national anthem
15:03 - Taboo's cancer
17:03 - which music they put out now
19:03 - why won't Fergie be returning to the group?
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[@MusicVibeChannel]

What's your favorite Black Eyed Peas song?

[@preposteroussvideos]

Too many. Shut up,Hey mama,mas que nada,Let's get it started, meet me halfway, Pump it,don't punk with my heart,

[@twiggyzappa]

My Style!

[@official_avp]

Don’t Stop The Party 🎉

[@mcronyofficial]

All Tracks from before the Girl Joins the Crew

[@blessedbeauty697]

My lumps and where is the love

[@Ronis0023]

Black eyed peas is one of the groups that defines the 2000s music for me

[@sw11994]

*Definitely a staple in our IPods/Mp3 players.*

[@fukyofeelings4234]

There music was trash

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

“They” are…not is! 🤔

[@user-wb7nv9ht1g]

​@@TAllyn-qr3ioI like your style, keep up your good work

[@brandonmunda346]

@@user-wb7nv9ht1g 😂

[@user-bj3en2pd2n]

i'll save you the time: Fergie left for motherhood

[@Lordnat1]

Yep

[@GrumpyCat24]

Like Britney

[@RandomPinoy-gu4ec]

thanks

[@GrumpyCat24]

She actually went solo before she had kids

[@svenlazaro9772]

You're a hero.

[@Slick5150]

One thing you can say about the Black Eyed Peas is that once you listen to their music, you never forget it

[@agentsmith6492]

And that's the problem

[@syvhne]

​@@agentsmith6492well better than to be "forgettable"

[@darugdawg2453]

They released a new single with new singer. Its very good

[@agentsmith6492]

@@syvhne I'd rather not be known than churn out that kind of garbage. I remember doing an audition recording for a TV show, and it was so bad that when the casting director asked for my tape, I told her that out of respect for the craft, I'd rather not submit it.... it's called artistic integrity! Something this group has none of. Shite!!!

[@user-eu8cd6dx4p]

A bit like hearing a violent murder.

[@robertbehan9186]

I remember a lot of people saying bad things about Fergie's looks. I always thought she was very beautiful and had a great voice.

[@freshsox7052]

Why She was And still is Beautiful

[@Mr_C.Bacteria]

Really? Man she's always been gorgeous, and a talented lady

[@theascendunt9960]

That's crazy. I always thought she was pretty when I first listened to BEP as a teenager.

[@gamegoof]

Saw them live before they hit it big and she was KILLER live, blew everyone away she had a legit voice

[@abaddon1503]

It isn’t surprising. The 2000s was the era where girly girls were demonized into submission. Just ask Britney.

[@creative_mindsrus1541]

They were promoting positive music and messages in the music. Miss those days.

[@fukyofeelings4234]

They were promoting corny watered down Disney bullshit.

[@yukisakura9582]

Me to

[@Rehd66]

Lol what? Go ahead and fill me in on the positive message of a song about the broad's ass?

[@axidhaus]

Will.i.am was chilling at WEF convention

[@emillyyelen5169]

@@Rehd66 people are really in denial ffs

[@ketfoen]

Their music is timeless and can be played whenever.

[@4936072]

😮

[@UKnwNothingJonDoe]

Just to add, Apl de Ap is big in the Philippines. Had collabs and produced songs with other local artist, he still does up to this day when they're not on tour. Just like Will, he also became one of the coach of the Voice Philippines. J. Rey Soul auditioned in the Voice PH where Apl became her coach. Their performance with her during the closing of Southeast Asian Games, for me was one of their best live performances after Fergie left.

[@Treatsandthreadscom]

Thank you

[@Sparkykelly1]

I Got A Feeling was one of the songs played during our wedding party. Brings back so many good memories. Also loved the version they did for Oprah with the huge flash mob

[@elizabethbeckz55]

Played it at my cousins wedding when I was 8, ever since then I’ve constantly related that songs to weddings 😂❤️

[@betterdays259]

Monkey Business is a legendary album. So much nostalgia. I was 5th or 6th grade at the time and I can hear their music almost everywhere. Such good times.

[@pebblesstone1316]

You know it !!!❤❤❤

[@the-you-experience]

Yeah, boyeee, that was a classic! I cracked that out the other day after starting this video.

[@jameshamilton8720]

"Where Is The Love", "Let's Get It Started", "Pump It", "Hey Mama"....man this was 1 of my fav rap groups from early 2000s and when they switched genres to Rnb to Pop to Rock to EDM....I was like "This group is very versatile!"

[@agentsmith6492]

All of them songs and the group themselves are an afront to music. I can't call them a band because to be named a band, you need to have musical talent and play proper instruments. Shit

[@adammieczkowski48]

Worst lyricists ever.

[@jameshamilton8720]

@@agentsmith6492 True

[@jameshamilton8720]

@@adammieczkowski48 Who?

[@adammieczkowski48]

@@jameshamilton8720 yup.

[@robrig55]

Their reunion tour would be a blast!

[@AmericanHorse-sg9oc]

No

[@robrig55]

@@AmericanHorse-sg9oc Go cry somewhere

[@cairokali4508]

They already had one Recently, but without Fergie…

[@AmericanHorse-sg9oc]

They suck and make ears bleed. Fergie ruined the national anthem because she is nowhere near the talent of Kim Hill.

[@dayoungstunnaa24]

Would be great for them including fergie

[@stevenloynds3691]

Being in my 40s this documentary has really taken me back in time to good places....I admit even having a little celebrity crush on Fergie....I have so much respect for Will I've seen so many stories of his generosity

[@TC.._]

Reminds me of the good days. Either in the club or the parking lot, it was always a vibe.

[@dropdead___]

This.

[@laoch5658]

what lame ass music were you listening too.

[@MrKarmapolice97]

Yeah I remember them pre Fergie they had a handful of songs that did ok, but when she joined the group they got really popular hit after hit then all the sudden they were gone!

[@CraigMahaney]

That's cool. I didn't know they had a female singer before fergie.

[@KeironP1]

@@CraigMahaneyThey had various different guest singers before Fergie came along. One of their best tracks imo was “Weekends”. Smooth awesome sound with a female singer by the name of “Esthero”. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHmTkod-jMilf6ssi=-Koqtg7iMd90jvhq

[@freshsox7052]

I was just saying this to my Son now shes gone their gone😢

[@RoodeMenon]

The eye candy left.

[@MJM-hb4of]

What happened to the era before Fergie?

[@Ebizzill]

you have no idea! how pumped I felt EACH TRACK! the imma b one was the creme of the creme

[@crnkmnky]

🎶 *_I'm a bee! 🐝 I'm a bee!_* 🐝 *_I'm a bee! 🐝 I'm a bee!_* 🐝 _Imma be livin' that good life!_ 😸

[@kingsufi6164]

Really do hope fergie and the boys give us one more album together. I really do miss her with the group. The four of them together i don't know what is it, but, they just soooooo good together. They hype us up. If Black Eyed peas (four of them) go for world tour... please please please... come by singapore babay

[@DannyK1992]

Reminds me of my high school days

[@lawrencepayteniii7915]

You did a really good job telling their story. Normally I skip these kind of videos.

[@Generic_3ric]

Whoa, I had no idea the Black Eyed Peas had such a deep past?!😮

[@phogetta1]

I remember listening to them in the mid 90s as a kid. They were not really popular. elephunk was their cross over into the mainstream. Their sound became super pop and popular amongst kids and clubs.

[@PKGangsta18]

I prefer their music in the 90s. I never liked went they went super pop'y 😊

[@EvetteHeim1]

Yes, same....I saw them open to or No Doubt in Chicago and it was before Fergie

[@jessicarichter6436]

I loved pump it & loads of their songs in the early 2ks too.

[@krlm2280]

​@@PKGangsta18💯💯 they're behind the front album is a certified classic even their work as atbann klann under Eazy-E ruthless records

[@TheSuirad]

I didn't forget when "Let's get it started" was originally "Let's get r3tarded." 😂😂😂

[@angelikabetancourt8648]

Omggggg me too wow thanks for the added nostalgia ❤

[@carlcwms]

I still have the disc with the original version.

[@msford5975]

@@carlcwmsme toooooo!!!! And I was blasting that song couple weeks ago!

[@JonnoPlays]

I forgot about that thanks for the reminder. The original cut of the track had slightly different beat too and it just was so much better than the later version.

[@pachachaz]

Fergie wasn't the original Singer she came before the Singer left

[@zoos_lol4106]

This group was so positive for our planet. Wow, thank you for making this video

[@MissCellanious1]

Oprah is disgustingly passively shady

[@Slick5150]

Understatement

[@user-mv6rr2wp1r]

This group is very cool. I have good memories when they were

[@Audrinalina]

Still listen to these songs weekly😍 Hey mama is my fave❤ And some songs of transtation are very fun..

[@TM-kh7el]

I'm glad they gave us their best until the very end

[@nancyedwards1920]

The black peas and outcast are like the best of the early 2000's pop/ hip hop bands 👌 🔥 nice memories ❤❤❤❤

[@Dropsey818]

comparing BEP to outcast is so f**king dumb,

[@eafortson]

Outkast. It’s Out”k”ast.

[@Miester7]

Mr 3000 only plays the flute now 😅

[@LessettFoster479]

I don't care what nobody says black eyed peas is that funk music

[@jamesiron4010]

Stoked I found this channel just watched like four videos woooo

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Glad that u like it🙏🏼

[@rsanchez6832]

Meet me halfway is my fav. I feel like its the most balanced in the sense of vocals and beat.

[@Thinkingbbc]

Watched from beginning to end. Solid work. 💖

[@MusicVibeChannel]

thank you!

[@lirolo8343]

I remember "singing" along to let's getit started when i was 7😂

[@thisisnotachannel]

It's actually called "Let's get Retarded"

[@lkrnpk]

You mean Let’s Get Retarded

[@bharatbelamo8846]

Fergie truly can sing.

[@roberttranceedm]

Not anymore.

[@alexyancy6018]

What i love (and miss) about the Black Eyed Peas the most, are their deep songs which were just something from another world: "Meet me halfway" & "One Tribe" are a great example of these

[@gsotheblessedone6310]

So inspired by this ,as an artist, I will never give up,buh keep pushing

[@TausifAhmad03]

They asked Fergie to sing National Anthem and she embarassed herself to the point she doesn't want to sing no more.

[@TOm-hr2mb]

Because she can't sing.

[@ResinEssenceByCheri]

@@TOm-hr2mbOh really?

[@chantalalexander]

​@@TOm-hr2mb I beg to differ. I've known of her since Wild Orchids and those were girls with serious vocal chops. She can truly hold her own, but singers have "on it" moments and "off" moments. Her "off" caught her at a really bad time. But if you don't like her singing, that's fair too.

[@zoos_lol4106]

If you have nothing nice to say then don’t talk

[@wheressteve]

​@@zoos_lol4106 Is that how it works ?

[@tichalipomtawali8654]

The black eyes peal's electronic sound is so memorable

[@jackieharrison7073]

Best group ! Even up to now their music still relevant and once you play their music people start jamming and dancing 🎶 🕺

[@vickieadams6648]

It's just not the same without Fergie. I watched for Taboo's hair. He had beautiful locks. I loved their colorful videos.

[@MJM-hb4of]

Meet me half way and where is the love. It is very nostalgic every party and school party. 🎉

[@jzero3g]

Anybody hear actually prefer black eyed peas before they got famous?behind the front album was it. Fallin up, joints and jams,movement, communication etc...

[@researcheverything5942]

I agree

[@6cos]

Yup

[@jamesmartin9401]

That's me. I didn't hate their pop stuff, at least not all of it, but their stuff from that first album especially was the best.

[@K1ckpu5h2]

Request Line was my jam!

[@espion2KX]

Joints and jams was the first time I heard of them. Good times

[@mrslap1924]

This might be the best video ive seen this year. I have a few more brain wrinkles because of this one. Good shit.

[@MusicVibeChannel]

ahaha, thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@jessicarichter6436]

I used to love this group & fergies solo album as a kid. So much fun back then ❤

[@keanubelle1157]

"It all started in 198A" 👀What!!😅lol

[@romelgonzales2754]

I noticed that thank you 😂😂😂

[@BeeChance]

@@romelgonzales2754 same

[@pricemoore2022]

Black Eyes Peas are my favorite singer!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@user-xi1tk1db7d]

Are u Indian? 😂

[@sandramayes8679]

You mean group?

[@AisVT94]

Favorite Band or Group🤔

[@mickey2ky]

glad I found the channel. its got sad moments happy moments.. than ks for the content buddy! new sub :)

[@arleneparaiso]

That was actually really informative and brought me down memory lane. Thanks!

[@MusicVibeChannel]

thanks for watching

[@wavemantha4th]

"I gotta Secret formula it's got a little bit of high in a little bit of low"

[@everything-is-everything]

I love The Black Eyed Peas. You can't listen to them and not be happy. I heard of them before Fergie they were cool but then they were so happy. They just make you want to dance when you don't want to.

[@thetarotroomforsaggiesandcappy]

Master of the Sun is the best album I've ever heard. More people need to hear it

[@derrickhewlett5803]

We be coming up. Never goin down black eye peas is coming to your town. ❤

[@rosylinhortelano6411]

Theyre promoting good vibes… subtly injecting the good stuff in life… not only in their music but in their own personal lives. Theyre not perfect; when they fall, they learn how to rise. Love them👍💖🙏 Good vibes✨😎God bless❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@fame0424]

Loved Stacey in Kids Incorporated while growing up.

[@ShazeemKhan]

yesssss, that show was awesome

[@Reading_the_comments]

I wanted to be her when I was a little kid. I thought the dancing was so amazing

[@fame0424]

@@Reading_the_comments She did really well singing the song Gloria at such a young age. I loved they did real songs not like a kids edited bop.

[@kittygumdrop7442]

Yes! Her and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

"We're kids in-cor-porated! I! N! C!... "

[@TheSpiciestGinger]

Being fun, full of hope and positivity and unifying! That's what they came to bring and that's what they brought. I will forever LOVE BEP!!! 🫶🏽❤️🙌🏽

[@tubeyou8623]

Really loved the BEP with Fergie days, my college and party days and they made the parties more fun with their brilliant tunes. Tbh they both Fergie and BEP saved each other, not just one or the other as you can see neither reached such heights since they broke up. William is tune wizard genius and I miss them creative and out of this world vibes.

[@ryde2012]

Wow great insight 👍🏾 💯

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Thank you!

[@user-be5mj7wy8u]

one of the groups of all time.

[@Yetha148]

Tf does that mean🧐

[@crnkmnky]

​@@Yetha148 It's a joke, basically saying you think something is dogshyt bad without actually saying it. Kinda like saying, "Wow. That performance was certainly… something." It's still a true statement.

[@MissCellanious1]

Joint and Jams is so underrated and ty because I forgot about it and never knew the name!!!

[@backyardr.c.6280]

That was wholesome. Hope they're all doing well.

[@DukesVerrill]

I think their Masters of the Sun vol 1 album was a nice return to their roots & they collab wit some incredible hiphop icons.

[@craigbridgeman522]

most defintely

[@kenefdz]

A little surprised you didn't mention their Superbowl appearance.

[@shanem2059]

Awesome video, I loved all the information given and very easy explanation and entertaining to watch 😎👌

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Glad to hear it!

[@lisaramirez1714]

Thank you, I liked this

[@jimmyngo2191]

I still have their musics in my Playlist. They were the best.

[@MikeLitiorus]

Come on guy. You know that song wasn't called let's get it started

[@Samuelfish2k]

What was it called?

[@TruePREDATOR2001]

There was two versions one for radio one for the album release

[@Samuelfish2k]

@@TruePREDATOR2001 That’s a long title for a song.

[@allisonbarnett5055]

​@@Samuelfish2kthe song was called "let's get retarded".....

[@monarch8491]

Let's get retarded.​@@Samuelfish2k

[@GET2222]

Great positive video. Rare on KZbin. Thank you!

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Welcome!

[@famf6234]

I’m still listening to their popular songs in my Spotify and Fergie’s Fergilicious! ❤❤❤

[@serendipityok6168]

I was actually hoping to ear a thing or two about their collabo with Macy Grey: Request Line. My favorite by the way.

[@Ankh-he3wi]

I'm going to listen to them hits again

[@nunyabizness6376]

I saw the black eyes peas perform live in the late 90s just before their first album dropped as BEPs at a club in downtown manhattan called the WETLANDS on Houston and canal. This was before fergie, i don't revel the name of the young lady who sang with them at the time. She was amazing, as well as the rest of the group. It was a small venue, holding about 300 heads, they had ... a live band, a beat box, a dj, breakdancers and shorty on vocals. It was THE BEST LIVE HIP HOP SHOW I'VE SEEN TO THIS DAY. BEP will always have a special place in my heart for that show. Amazing.

[@nagahumanbeingzooofparticl8836]

What do you mean by " I don't revel the name of the young lady who sang with them" ?

[@TayTayChita]

wow this is such a wholesome video, all positive, all love

[@omgnetwork5231]

This was well done. Will check out others

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Thank you!

[@randanaim9586]

Very well done video

[@MusicVibeChannel]

Thank you!

[@andreassperling2823]

Well done. Thanks

[@timbrandt7211]

Absolutely love the BEP, one of the best groups of the 1990's/2000's that had songs that were not ridden with profanity or negativity. And old BEP albums are absolutely awesome.

[@kalebcotter197]

Anxiety with Papa Roach was always a favourite off elephunk

[@Rachelleluluful]

Love them! They had sooooo many hits!

[@lalat5649]

Meet me halfway, Just cant get enough

[@Viloria79]

❤❤❤❤❤I love them and still listening to their music.❤❤❤❤❤

[@blazinrokz]

The End really was the end

[@wondrahsupra]

The Black Eyed Peas before Fergie = LEGENDARY HIP HOP MUSIC 🔥

[@TEXAS2459]

EVEN WITH FERGIE!

[@wondrahsupra]

🤢​@@TEXAS2459

[@warrentalbot329]

Most artist dont get but at most 5 great albums the fact they had 3 and she had one is quite the accomplishment .

[@wheatbread2002]

Joints and jams will forever be my favorite Black Eyed Peas song.

[@M.Art.Workshop]

Was Just listening "were is the love" and wondering what's happened to them. Thx for this video 👍🏼

[@M.T.E._Marley]

Why is this all about Fergie and not the main people that started the group? smh disrespectful

[@annamariagut-okafar7587]

Because with Fergie they have their golden years.without her is not the same .they don't have hits like when she was there

[@frankiegunnz8066]

​@@annamariagut-okafar7587facts!

[@dvandeun]

thx. I will not continue watching this cr*p. they were such a d*pe group before this Fergie-woman entered.

[@Koronesuki1313]

​@@annamariagut-okafar7587 Then how come Fergie's career died out as soon as she went solo?

[@carlosveguilla9077]

Because that's how racist people really are

[@maimohamed3590]

Cool 😎 thanks for sharing

[@kenechionuora299]

Hey mama! was a blast!

[@ashleighsamantha891]

Anyone remember what "let's get it started?" Was originally called 👀

[@mubachumchum8044]

I love the black eye peas, but when Fergie joined took it up a notch

[@sleepnomore6065]

They're on tour! Their newer music is just as catchy as the old hits! It's impressive! Their songs with Latino artists like Daddy Yankee, Shakira , and El Alfa are amazing! I could hear them on loop

[@positivenergylife]

True artists always hear and reflect what is happening in the work and tell the truth about things

[@1ChxnceLxnce]

Subbed

[@freyjasvansdottir9904]

My favorite is early BEP pre Fergie, Joints and Jam. I really didn’t like them after Fergie came onboard, Not because of her but because of the style of music they made after that point, also I liked Kim Hill better as a part of the group.

[@ayyyejesterdazed]

Glad I’m not the only one that liked the artistic version over the mainstream version

[@jikajacksondeepluyka]

At last. Thank u for making this. Is there any video about outkast? Yes.. i just finished this. Saw it. 😆

[@MusicVibeChannel]

yes we have on the channel

[@cecilhosein4387]

One of my all time Favourites!

[@007JNR]

Some questionable choices...but they are hip hop straight. That albim before translation is dope AF

[@D1Snr]

Fergie thought she could do better on her own. It never really worked out for her though. I think they were touring without her not that long ago.

[@johnnydon6738]

Blackeyed Peas made Fergie famous, she went solo and bombed.

[@wambokodavid7109]

but she got some killa solos tho...bgdc, glamourous

[@arturoservian]

The Black Eyed Peas ❤️ me salvaron en mi adolescencia, los conocí con Where is the Love en 2003 y cada vez que escuchaba me tocaba el alma y corazón, les deseo Éxitos siempre y Gracias! 🙏🏽

[@XxLast__BossxX]

Their first 2 albums will always hit the hardest, plus Wills Solo album from BBE.

[@daveythesearcher]

I love black eyed beans 😊