# Who's the girl in Black Eyed Peas?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 10, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353 "2003-11-10T05:13:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/1 "2003-11-10T05:13:52Z")

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I saw the video tonight for “Shut Up” and the girl singer looks really familiar. I have a feeling she’ll turn out to have been on tv when she was younger, like on _Kids Incorporated_ or something.

So, anyone know?

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**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/2 "2003-11-10T13:43:28Z")

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Her name is Fergie\*.

She was connected to the British royalty and wrote a kids book about a talking helicopter\*\*.

\*true.  
\*\*not true.

That’s all I know.

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**Author:** ![PaperTowel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@PaperTowel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperTowel)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/3 "2003-11-10T15:19:19Z")

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Um, so is this thread a joke? You think nobody here reads the Snopes message board?

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**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/4 "2003-11-10T16:51:15Z")

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I don’t, **PaperTowel**. Mind explaining the joke to me?

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**Author:** ![PaperTowel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@PaperTowel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperTowel)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/5 "2003-11-10T20:14:01Z")

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[www.snopes.com/message/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get\_topic;f=30;t=001803](http://www.snopes.com/message/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=001803)  
A thread about the exact same thing. If this thread was not created in response to that one, and also casually and specifically mentioned Kids, Inc., I would find it too great a coincidence.

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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/6 "2003-11-10T21:56:15Z")

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I promise you this is not a joke thread - I don’t read Snopes. So does that mean I’m right about thinking she was on Kids Inc?

That’s really weird coincidence I have to admit, but I don’t read Snopes.

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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-black-eyed-peas/212353/7 "2003-11-10T21:59:12Z")

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Oh and I just went to the link, duh. I’m a little weirded out that I recognized her.