will.i.am

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will.i.am
will.i.am in 2018
will.i.am in 2018
Background information
Birth nameWilliam James Adams
Also known as
  • Will 1X
  • illwilly
  • Willonex
  • Zuper Blahq
Born (1975-03-15) March 15, 1975 (age 49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • DJ
  • actor
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • bass
  • drums
Discography
Years active1988–present
Labels
Member ofBlack Eyed Peas
Formerly of
RelativesLynn Cain (uncle)
Websitewill.i.am

William Adams (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am (pronounced "will I am"), is an American rapper, singer, record producer and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman of the musical group

Fergie
—who joined the group in 2002 and departed after the latter album.

As a solo artist, Adams released his first two albums,

I Got It From My Mama." His fourth album, #willpower (2013) reached number nine on the chart and saw further success with its singles "Scream & Shout" (with Britney Spears) and "#thatPOWER" (featuring Justin Bieber). The former song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, his guest appearances on Fergie's 2006 single "Fergalicious" and Usher's 2010 single "OMG
" peaked at numbers two and one on the chart, respectively.

A prolific

UK Singles Chart since 1998, and has sold 9.4 million singles in the country.[3] He founded his namesake record label in 1998, which has signed artists including LMFAO, Kelis, and Macy Gray
.

Outside of his music, Adams has served as a panelist and mentor on the reality competition series

Grammy Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award
.

Early life

William Adams

Pasquale Rotella.[12][13]

Adams' maternal uncle is former

Los Angeles Times, he mentioned that the secrecy surrounding the whereabouts of raves is what made raving special and different from the mainstream.[15]

Music career

1988–2000: Formations and the Black Eyed Peas

the Black Eyed Peas
in June 2009

In the summer of 1988, will.i.am began his music career as an eighth-grader when he met up with rapper Allan Pineda (better known as

the Black Eyed Peas, and began recording their first album, Behind the Front, with the help of soul singer Kim Hill. They were soon signed to Interscope Records, and released their debut single, "Joints & Jam", in early 1998. The album was successful enough for the group's contract to be renewed, and in 2000, a second album, Bridging the Gap, was released.[citation needed
]

2000–2003: Lost Change, Elephunk and Must B 21

Following the release of Bridging the Gap, Will began recording his first solo release, Lost Change, which was the official soundtrack to the film of the same name. Featuring collaborations with Medusa, Planet Asia and Terry Dexter, the album was a critical success.[citation needed]

In November 2001, work began on a third Black Eyed Peas album,

UK Album Charts where it reached number 3. It has sold over 1.6 million copies in the UK and 8.5 million copies worldwide.[17] After the success of Elephunk, the group was approached by Electronic Arts to feature some of their music on the 2004 game The Urbz. They remixed some of the tracks on Elephunk and translated it into Simlish and created new tracks for the game. They also feature in the game as playable characters.[18]

Elephunk contained their breakthrough commercial single, "

Hey Mama" was used for several advertisements including for Apple and iTunes. "Let's Get It Started" also received universal acclaim in the media section where a cover version of the song appears in the film Hot Tub Time Machine.[19] In 2002, Will recorded the song "Secrets" for the soundtrack to Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment, a musical accompaniment to the Cartoon Network original series. Prior to this, he had also composed the theme music for another Genndy Tartakovsky series, Samurai Jack.[citation needed
]

2003–2006: Monkey Business

In November 2003, work began on a fourth Black Eyed Peas album, entitled

IFPI, over 2 million copies have been sold in Europe.[20] In the UK alone, it has sold over 1 million copies, although this is significantly lower than their sales of Elephunk, which stand at over 1.6 million copies[21]
and 10 million worldwide. The band announced they were going to take a break to focus on their own personal projects. Will went on to produce Fergie's first solo album, The Dutchess, which was released in 2006, before beginning work with Michael Jackson, who had requested Will's expertise for the recording and production of his new album. Work began on the Jackson album in 2006, and continued until the singer's death in 2009, at which point will.i.am revealed that none of the material recorded during the period would be released. However, remixes recorded for Jackson's Thriller 25 anniversary album were released in 2008.[citation needed]

2007–2009: Songs About Girls and Change Is Now

will.i.am with Sheryl Crow and Herbie Hancock, performing at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial concert

In 2007, will.i.am announced that he had co-created an all-female soul band entitled the Paradiso Girls, who he intended to work with on an upcoming solo project. The album, Songs About Girls, was released in 2007. The album spawned three singles, "I Got It From My Mama", "One More Chance" and "Heartbreaker", and fared slightly better than his previous solo efforts, however, failed to shift more than 75,000 copies. Will also did a remix to the song "With Love" by actress and singer Hilary Duff.[citation needed]

In 2008, will.i.am contributed the song "One Tribe" to the

Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, will.i.am penned the album's fifth and final single, "The Jackass Song". It featured a sample of Kanye West's "Heartless".[25] Will wrote a blog post, which featured the song on Dipdive, and released in February 2009.[26] Will.i.am attended and spoke at the FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff on January 8, 2011, declaring, "I am a FIRST fan."[27] He has also named FIRST Founder Dean Kamen "one of [his] heroes" on his verified Twitter account.[28]

2009–2016: Black Eyed Peas reformation, The E.N.D, The Beginning, and #willpower

will.i.am in Los Angeles, California in 2010

In March 2009, will.i.am announced plans for the Black Eyed Peas to return, and within months their comeback single, "

Raymond vs. Raymond. In a YouTube video posted by YGLifeOfficial on March 15, 2010, will.i.am expressed his desire to work with Korean K-pop girl group 2NE1, and help them achieve international success.[29] Will has recorded a collaboration with Britney Spears, "Big Fat Bass", which features on her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale.[30]

During the recording of the Black Eyed Peas' sixth studio album, The Beginning, band colleague Fergie announced in an interview that will.i.am was in the process of recording a new solo album, tentatively entitled Black Einstein.

LMFAO, premiered at the HTC Beats Launch party. Will.i.am also announced he has collaborations with Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz and a couple others on the album. He also stated there is a possibility Shakira could feature on the album.[33] #willpower is due for release in 2013, and will.i.am later confirmed that Cheryl and Justin Bieber would also appear on #willpower.[34] In mid-October, Britney Spears confirmed on her Twitter account that she had filmed the music video for the single she was featuring in called "Scream & Shout
".

He was among the performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert held outside Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2012.

The first song broadcast from Mars was his new single, "Reach for the Stars".[35] He discussed and listened to it with a live audience at NASA in Pasadena, California after it was returned from the Curiosity rover.[35]

The song "

In My City".[36] It was announced in October 2012 that will.i.am will feature on Kesha's second album Warrior
on the track "Crazy Kids". He also co-wrote and co-produced the Dr Luke produced track.

In November 2012, will.i.am released the third single from

Billboard 100, eventually reaching a peak of number 3 and debuting at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number one in January 2013 for two weeks. It went number one in many countries [37][38]

will.i.am attending his #willpower album release party in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 2012

During an interview with Capital FM, will.i.am confirmed he had collaborated with Justin Bieber for his next release "#thatPOWER" and premiered the single on the same day it was released onto iTunes in the US the same day and debuted on the Billboard 100 at number 42.[citation needed]

In April 2013, will.i.am and

Rebound" in his song without permission from the artists or their label.[39] This claim was later backed by Anjunabeats, the record label behind Arty and Mat Zo.[40]

His fourth studio album, #willpower, was re-released in December 2013 featuring several new tracks, including the lead single "

Feelin' Myself" featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana, and Wiz Khalifa.[41]

Britney Spears featured will.i.am on her song "It Should Be Easy" on her eighth studio album Britney Jean, for which he co-wrote and produced several tracks. He was also an executive producer of the project.[42][43][44]

On April 4, 2014, will.i.am appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, where he talked about plans to release his own Smartwatch. He revealed that it can be used as a phone, to store music, and use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.[45][46] He also showed a preview of a music video for a song called "It's My Birthday". On May 20, 2014, a 90-second snippet was uploaded to SoundCloud. It features American singer-songwriter Cody Wise, is produced by Will and Damien LeRoy and is written by himself, Cody Wise and Keith Harris. It was released on July 6, 2014.[47]

In an interview with Capital FM, will.i.am confirmed that the Black Eyed Peas were getting back together.[48][49] On April 7, 2016, will.i.am released the single "Boys & Girls" featuring Pia Mia. A week later on April 14, a new remix of "Mona Lisa Smile" featuring Nicole Scherzinger was released.[citation needed]

2017–present

will.i.am at the World Economic Forum in 2023

In March 2020, will.i.am collaborated with a group of artists made up of Bono, Jennifer Hudson, and Yoshiki for the song "Sing For Life".[50] The musicians felt motivated by the widespread sense of despair surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the attempts by multiple individuals to pursue creative endeavors while facing new social restrictions. The official YouTube description stated that the track aimed to spread "joy" during trying "times like these".[51] In 2023, he released the singles "The Formula" (with Lil Wayne) and a fourth collaborative song with Britney Spears titled "Mind Your Business", both of which were panned by critics and failed to make an effect on domestic or worldwide charts.[52][53][54]

In February 2024, will.i.am appeared as a guest during Usher's Super Bowl halftime show, performing "OMG".[55]

Other ventures

Acting

The Black Eyed Peas, including will.i.am, first started acting in the commercial series "Instant Def" to advertise

Grammy-nominated documentary film about American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, titled I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.[57]

The Voice UK and Australia

On being confirmed as a coach on The Voice UK, will.i.am said, "I'm proud to be doing The Voice UK because the UK was the first place I saw success," and "It's the place I'm the most creative outside of home." Danny Cohen, controller of BBC One, added, "I am thrilled that will.i.am has signed up to be a coach on The Voice. He is a huge star who will bring a unique creativity to the show."[58] Talking about the differences between the show and X Factor, "I won't be a judge on X Factor. The Voice is different. You can't even compare the two. One, you have people in the music industry, current and legends, coaching the next generation. The other format you have judges critiquing, giving their opinions on things when they don't really know, other than Randy Jackson on Idol".[59]

In preparation for the role as a coach, he asked advice from friend and ex-The X Factor judge

Cheryl Cole. Talking to Capital FM he said, "I reached out to Cheryl for advice on keeping your cool, having a poker face, the importance of sticking with the singers – it's their dream, a lot of the times when you have other performers a part of the show, celebrities tend to want the shine so they hog up time. So my whole thing was that I want to do The Voice, but I don't want to hog up time to where the singers up there are looking like, 'Is this about you guys?'.[60] In March 2012, it was reported that he had turned his "plush" dressing room into a recording studio, and "instead of just listening with his headphones, he has installed some mega bass bins".[citation needed
]

On November 26, 2013, will.i.am was announced as a coach for the 2014 series of the Australian version of The Voice along with fellow Voice UK judge Kylie Minogue. He was the winning coach having coached voice winner Anja Nissen in 2014. Neither will.i.am nor Minogue returned for the fourth series in 2015.[citation needed]

He has contributed to The Voice UK since 2012.

The Voice Kids from 2017 to 2023.[62]

Fashion

Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own signature clothing line, i.am, which made its official debut in 2005 at the Magic Apparel Trade Show in Las Vegas.[63] In 2007, will.i.am teamed up with Blue Holdings to design a premium denim collection, i.am Antik, that was scheduled to debut in August 2007 at the Project Show in Las Vegas.[64] will.i.am instead had new partners and was launching i.am. Will.i.am is currently[when?] being sued $2 million for abandoning the project for which, the label states, he was obligated until 2016, but will.i.am insists it is already over. He also launched his own glasses range.[65][66]

Technology

will.i.am speaking at the 2011 FIRST kickoff at Southern New Hampshire University with Dean Kamen

Appearing at the kickoff event for the 2011

Edward Jones Dome, St Louis. It was produced by Greg Sills and Paul Flattery, directed by Michael Dempsey. It was aired by ABC on August 14, 2011, at 7 p.m. As part of the special, will.i.am appeared with the Black Eyed Peas. Willow Smith also performed and will.i.am did a DJ set. He continues to support FIRST, and at the 2013 FIRST World Championship, will.i.am became the first recipient of the Make It Loud award, which is given to the person who has contributed the most in increasing the awareness of FIRST to the general public.[68]

In January 2011, Intel named will.i.am as director of creative innovation, with input in developing smartphones, tablets and laptops.[69] In January 2012, he appeared on the BBC TV series Top Gear, as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, where he claimed he was starting his own car company called IAMAUTO.[70]

By becoming the first artist to stream a song ("Reaching for the Stars") from the surface of Mars on August 28, 2012, will.i.am made inter-planetary music history. The event took place at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.[71]

Expanding his forays into iPhone accessory development, will.i.am announced plans to release a camera enhancer to "dramatically enhance the clarity and definition of iPhone photographs," by effectively making the 8-megapixel sensor into a 14-megapixel one. Termed the i.am+, the device was said to be the first in a series of "digital real estate" for the singer.[72]

In April 2016, it was announced that i.am+ had acquired the Tel Aviv machine-learning technology start-up Sensiya.[73]

3D Systems appointed will.i.am as its chief creative officer (CCO) on January 8, 2014.[74][75]

Since retiring from music (a retirement that did not last), he has helped design smartwatches for German company Deutsche Telekom since late 2015.[76][77][73]

In 2016, The Verge reported that will.i.am would join actress Gwyneth Paltrow and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk on Apple TV's Planet of the Apps, calling the trio "successful" and "big names" with experience launching companies.[78] The show received mixed to negative reviews.

On July 27, 2017, i.am acquired

Flextronics for a reported $38.7 million with an additional $20 million commitment, likely earmarked to sustain manufacturing of Wink's products.[79]

Personal life

In December 2010, will.i.am discussed suffering from

vegan in early 2017.[82]

The i.am Angel Foundation provided fast internet access to the Estrada Courts housing project in Boyle Heights where he formerly lived.[9]

Legal issues

On June 22, 2009, gossip blogger Perez Hilton accused will.i.am and his entourage of assaulting him in Toronto after the MuchMusic Video Awards, a charge will.i.am denied in a video posted on his blog. No further action was taken.[83]

In late 2019, will.i.am's technology company i.am+ was the subject of multiple tax liens, with the state of California alleging over $500,000 in delinquent taxes and the federal government alleging $1.78 million in delinquent taxes and interest.[84]

Discography

Main articles: will.i.am discography and will.i.am production discography
See also:
The Black Eyed Peas discography
Studio albums

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Garfield: The Movie Himself Cameo during Hey Mama dance
2008
Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa
 		Moto Moto Voice
Also composer
2009 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Snow Voice
X-Men Origins: Wolverine John Wraith
2010 Date Night Himself Cameo
Bouncing Cats
2011 Rio Pedro Voice
2014 Rio 2

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001–2004, 2017 Samurai Jack Theme song singer
2005 Joan of Arcadia Three Card Monte Guy God Episode: "Independence Day"
2007 Cane Himself Episode: "A New Legacy"
2012 The Cleveland Show Bernard Bernard 13 episodes
2012–present The Voice UK Himself Coach or "judge" and mentor for artists, seasons 1 onwards
2012 2012 Television Rack Awards Host First Time Hosting, 9th time performing
American Idol Himself Top 12 guest mentor
Top Gear Celebrity guest
2014
The Voice Australia
 		Coach or "judge" and mentor for artists, season 3
2017–2023
The Voice Kids UK
 		Coach or "judge" and mentor for artists, seasons 1 through 7
2017
Planet of the Apps
 		Mentor
2019 The Rookie Episode: "The Checklist"
Songland Episode: "will.i.am"
The Voice Mentor
2020 Anitta: Made in Honório Episode 3: "Funk"
2021 Alter Ego Judge: Musician, Producer and Tech Entrepreneur
will.i.am: The Blackprint Presenter of the Black History Month documentary for
ITV
2023 Superstar: Aaliyah ABC documentary
2023 That's My Jam Himself/Guest Along with Keke Palmer, Saweetie, Joel McHale

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2004 The Urbz: Sims in the City Himself Vocals
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine John Wraith
2011 The Black Eyed Peas Experience Himself

Tours

  • The #Willpower Tour (2013–15)
  • The Vans Warped Tour (2009)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards
Grammy Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Elephunk Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Nominated
"Where Is the Love?" (ft. Justin Timberlake)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
 Nominated
Record of the Year Nominated
2005 "Let's Get It Started" Nominated
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Won
Best Rap Song Nominated
"
Hey Mama
" 		Nominated
2006 "Don't Phunk with My Heart" Nominated
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Won
"Ordinary People" Song of the Year Nominated
Best R&B Song Nominated
"Gone Going" (with Jack Johnson) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Nominated
"Don't Lie" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
2007 "My Humps" Won
will.i.am Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
"Mas Que Nada" Best Best Urban/Alternative Performance Nominated
"That Heat" Nominated
2009 "Be OK" Won
"American Boy" Song of the Year Nominated
will.i.am Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
2010
The E.N.D
. 		Album of the Year Nominated
Best Pop Vocal Album Won
"I Gotta Feeling" Record of the Year Nominated
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Won
"Boom Boom Pow"
Best Dance Recording
 Nominated
Best Short Form Music Video
 Won

[86]

Latin Grammy Awards
Television Rack Awards
  • As of 2012, will.i.am. had won ten Television Rack Awards altogether (five with the Black Eyed Peas and five as a solo artist).[citation needed]
The National Television Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 The Voice UK TV Judge Nominated
Mirchi Music Awards

Notes

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