Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.Ap has been named as the grand marshall for this Philippine Independence Day Celebration in Carson. The free event has been taking place since 1986. This year the celebration will happen on June 8th at Veterans Park. During in an introductory press conference, organizers explain that they are honoring “Kuya Aps” for more than just his music. | via Steve Angeles, TFC News California, USA. Like and follow TFC News Facebook: https://facebook.com/TFCNewsNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tfcnewsnow/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tfcnewsnow Website: https://mytfc.com/news News website: https://news.abs-cbn.com/tfcnews Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews

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Help me welcome, Apple D.L.

Just a few words now?

Apple, just a few words from you?

Ogi?

Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat.

And thank you for having me here today.

It's truly an honor to be part of this amazing parade,

the Filipino Independence Day.

And, you know,

you know, growing up in L.A.,

when I was sponsored as a kid from the Philippines,

you know, I went to school

in Irvin Junior High School in Glendale.

And the first person I met was my best friend,

Will.i.am,

and we started Black Eyed Peas together.

And then when I attended school in Junior High School,

in Irvin Junior High School,

I started meeting other Filipinos.

And they started inviting me to Filipino House Parties.

And, you know, that's where we actually started performing,

in Filipino House Parties.

That's where we started our career.

You know, when you go to Filipino House Parties,

there's always a performance, you know.

There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group,

a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.

You know? There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group, a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.

You know? There's got to be a routine dance, a girl group, a guy group, a DJ crew, b-boys, b-girls.

And we started in Glendale,

and then we made it all the way to Carson.

Because you hear of Carson, you hear that's like Filipino town, you know.

And, um...

Yeah, right?

So, we've been coming to Carson

for a long time.

Well, you know, not for a long time.

I don't want to let you know my age.

But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.

But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.

But, yeah, we've been coming to Carson for a long time.

So, I'm very excited to be a part of it.

So, I'm very excited to be a part of it.

I'm a proud Pinoyan, Yucca Bayan.

I'm a proud Pinoyan, Yucca Bayan.

And I always try to represent our culture wherever I am.

So, let's celebrate us

So, let's celebrate us

and represent our culture

and let's have an amazing parade.

Alright.

Thanks, Apple.

And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal

And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal

And one of the reasons why I decided to ask Apple to be our grand marshal

is because of the extraordinary work that he did

He's recently been doing, I don't know if you've been following the news,

but Apple was part of the U.S. Delegation Department of Commerce to the Philippines.

President Biden is investing $1 billion in the Philippine economy,

and Apple was part of 20, he was the only philanthropist,

but he was part of 20 business organizations, Yahoo, Google,

that went to the Philippines for that delegation.

And the second thing is, he just signed, the Apple Foundation just signed an MOU,

a Memorandum of Understanding, with the Asian Development Bank.

That's the first time that's ever happened.

They're going to be funding Apple's program, which is to retrofit gas cars into electric vehicles.

I mean, you've heard that they're trying to get rid of all the jeepneys,

but if we can save them by retrofitting them to become electric vehicles, that's Apple's agenda.

So we want to be able to train a whole generation of students and young people

and professionals that can maintain and sustain that transition.

From gas guzzlers to EP, that's going to be huge.

So that's one of the reasons why Apple will be part of it as our Grand Marshal.

So he will actually be performing a couple of songs, hopefully, on June 8th, as part of his appearance.

Okay.

Any more questions from the crowd?

Steve.

So I guess, to you, Abs, I've always appreciated that you're like the only dude that will do a Super Bowl, a stadium show.

They don't show up at a random.

They don't show up at a random Filipino event.

You'll go to, like, cook a dubbo at Hi-Fi Kitchen or go bowling with Tita Liggy, then back to another Super Bowl.

So I guess, how do you kind of, like, treat or do you feel a different energy from when you're doing, like,

the big major Hollywood shows versus, you know, being with the Filipino community?

Because I feel like you've been doing this.

I think the first time I see you live was, like, Pistahan 05, and that was, I think that was the Beautiful People days

of Black Black Peas, if I remember, or the Love Days.

You know, I show up to...

Filipino events because I feel like home, you know?

I feel like I'm back home in the Philippines with my kabayan.

So, and, you know, that's my support system when I do, you know, do my Super Bowl.

That's what makes me who I am.

I think about where I'm from, my family, and my culture.

And so, any moment to, you know, to represent.

And, uh, uh, show, uh, uh, you know, showcase our culture, uh, I'm all about it, you know?

Um, like, I just don't want to keep Adobo for myself, you know?

I want everybody else to taste it.

So, um, so I stop to spread the love and our culture, our cuisine, who we are.

So, uh, yeah, I love being around and being there.

Thanks for everything.

Thank you.

Oh, yes.

One, two, one.

Save the day, June 8th!

See you in person!

Yeah!

Yeah!

See you in person!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!