Grammy award-winning singer, record producer, rapper and DJ Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas holds a charity club tour this December to raise support for local charities and foundations in the Philippines.

Proceeds from the tour held in Cebu, Manila, and Pampanga will go to the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Rotary Club of Rizal West, and the Philippine General Hospital.

The Party Light. Party Right. Club Tour 2010 was conceived by Apl.de.ap from his desire to give something back to the land of his birth.

Born Allan Pineda Lindo, Apl.de.ap shelled out his own money for this endeavor.

He explains that each beneficiary will get aid: "school supplies for the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, a feeding program for the Rotary like canned goods, rice and medicines for the cancer patients in Philippine General Hospital."

He has brought in several friends to help him with the tour. As he reveals: "DJ Ammo from the US and producer of The Time (Dirty Bit)," and some local DJs from the Philippines like "DJ Joker and DJ Buddha who are supporting me and helping out."

The first leg was in Club Vudu, Cebu. Apl.de.ap is full of appreciation: "It was a great turnout, I had a great time, I want to thank Cebu for helping out with a great cause."

The Pearl S. Buck Foundation is especially close to Apl.de.ap's heart since it was this same foundation that allowed him to be brought to the United States and eventually get adopted by Joe Ben Hudgens, the man who's been his father figure since he was 14.

PROUD TO BE PINOY. Now 36 years old, he's been coming back to the Philippines for the past decade to celebrate Christmas with family here.

He loves puto bumbong, bibingka, and Pinoy traditions.

He makes it a point to come home, because "It's so festive. I love bibingka and simbang gabi."

He shares a tradition he has with his mom, "Me and my mom, we make packages of food and clothing and we give it out on Christmas Day to the Aetas."

He's very proud of his roots and shares, "You can't really go forward if you don't know where you came from. I'm proud of my culture. Filipinos are hard workers, nice people."

He saya Filipinos have a lot of love to give and "the family is really together," which, he explains, "gave me the motivation and the drive to make it in the music business."

He can't help but smile again when he says, "I'm just proud to be Pinoy."