will.i.am mentions FIRST backstage at Jay Leno

[Ernst]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Not really relating to the topic, but he did mention "third world" nation... The third world just refers to the neutral nations during the Cold war. First world is what you attribute to the "Capitalistic" nations, America's allies during the Cold War. Second World refers to the Communist nations like Soviet Union and China. Third world is not analogous to poverty.

I think he was talking about apl.de.ap, who is Filipino-American, and in The Black Eyed Peas.