{"id":6584,"date":"2025-04-28T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:28:43","slug":"black-eyed-peas-star-left-stage-minutes-before-car-ramming-attack-at-vancouver-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/black-eyed-peas-star-left-stage-minutes-before-car-ramming-attack-at-vancouver-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Eyed Peas star left stage \u2018minutes\u2019 before car ramming attack at Vancouver festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Black Eyed Peas performed at Lapu-Lapu Festival over the weekend, exiting the stage just before tragedy struck (Picture: Jason Koerner\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Black Eyed Peas<\/a> star has released a statement revealing they were just minutes away from being caught up in the tragedy at a festival in Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, a car drove through the crowd at Lapu-Lapu Festival<\/a>, a Filipino community party, killing 11 people. One of the victims was a five-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

Police were called to the scene just after 8pm on Saturday, with interim police chief Steve Rai later describing it as the \u2018darkest day in Vancouver\u2019s history\u2019.<\/p>\n

A 30-year-old man named Kai-Ji Adam Lo has since been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder, having appeared in court late on Sunday before he was returned to custody.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.ap, 50, shared a message on Instagram, having performed at the festival.<\/p>\n

‘Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families, and everyone affected by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival,’ the statement began.<\/p>\n

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Apl.de.ap took to Instagram with a statement (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A black SUV ploughed through the crowd, injuring dozens and killing 11 people (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘J-Rey and I had just finished performing and left the stage minutes before it happened.<\/p>\n

‘It’s hard to describe the shock and the heaviness we feel.’<\/p>\n

The post continued: ‘Thank you to everyone who’s checked in – your love means the world.<\/p>\n

‘Please keep the victims, their families, and the organisers in your prayers. They all need the love and strength right now.’<\/p>\n

Apl.de.ap – real name Allan Pineda Lindo – concluded: ‘The one thing I have noticed – from the audience to the messages sent around, is the sense of community that wraps its loving arms around us. We love you all.’<\/p>\n

In the caption of the post, Apl.de.ap details of organisations offering support, including BC Victim Services, the BC Crisis Line, and the VPD Victim Services Unit.<\/p>\n

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The Peas have offered their condolences to all those affected by the horrific incident (Picture: ExclusiveAccess.Net\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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J. Rey Soul, who has been a semi-official member since 2018, said she is ‘beyond devastated’ by what happened (Picture: Jason Koerner\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

J. Rey Soul – full name Jessica Joy Seria Reynoso – also commented: ‘We came to Vancouver to celebrate and be with our community.. devastated beyond words to learn about the tragedy that unfolded. Still in shock.’<\/p>\n

‘Thoughts and prayers to everyone and all the families affected. Sending love and prayers to all the Filipinos in BC \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd’, the 27-year-old singer concluded.<\/p>\n

J. Rey has been collaborating with the Black Eyed Peas since 2018, having first got to know Apl.de.ap on The Voice of the Philippines when he was her coach.<\/p>\n

Then, seven years ago, she replaced Fergie as a semi-official member of the Where Is The Love? hitmaking band<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the comments, Black Eyed Peas fans expressed their devastation and thanked the group for their words.<\/p>\n

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Officials have warned that the death toll could well rise (Picture: Andrew Chin\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A 30-year-old man has been charged with eight counts of second-degree muder (Picture: Canadian Press\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Thank you for bringing strength to our community \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\u2764\ufe0f’, commented @kirshnalynne.<\/p>\n

‘came out to see you both last night. fortunately, I left right after you wrapped up. thank you for coming out for the event and standing in solidarity with our people \ud83d\udc9c’, wrote @a.foodie.traveler.<\/p>\n

The horrific incident took place just as organisers had started removing barricades to clean up the aftermath of the celebrations.<\/p>\n

After the black SUV ploughed through revellers, dozens were injured. Officials have warned that the death toll is still likely to rise.<\/p>\n

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The Black Eyed Peas performed at Lapu-Lapu Festival over the weekend, exiting the stage just before tragedy struck (Picture: Jason Koerner\/Getty Images) A Black Eyed Peas star has released a statement revealing they were just minutes away from being caught up in the tragedy at a festival in Vancouver. Over the weekend, a car drove through the crowd at Lapu-Lapu Festival, a Filipino community party, killing 11 people. One of the victims was a five-year-old girl. Police were called to … Continue reading “Black Eyed Peas star left stage \u2018minutes\u2019 before car ramming attack at Vancouver festival”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6593,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions\/6593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}