Will.i.am



William James Adams Jr. (Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1975), better known by his stage name will.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, DJ, music producer andactor of Jamaican descent. He is one of the members of The Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Taboo and besides Apl.de.ap. The letter "i" in the middle of his name should be pronounced as "ai", such as the English "I". On 8 december 2011, it was announced that Will.i.am coach is in The Voice UK, the UK version of The voice of Holland. This he does along with Jessie J, Danny O'Donoghue and Tom Jones.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[Edit] == Will.i.am grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles in heavy poverty. He has never met his father. If student sat the rapper on the Palisades High School and graduated in 1993.Before he and his best friend Apl.de.ap founded The Black Eyed Peas, he went to the modeacedemy in his hometown of Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own clothing, which in 2005 led to a private clothing line, i.am clothing. He also has his own music label, will.i.am music group, was established.
 * 2 private life
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 collaborations
 * 3.4 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 4 external links

Will.i.am has with The Black Eyed Peas a number of hit singles to his name. He has also collaborated with various artists, including Justin Bieber, Sergio Mendes, Carlos Santana, Cheryl Cole, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears, The Pussycat Dolls, Mary j. Blige and destiny's Child. He produced the album for Michael Jackson Thriller 25, that inFebruary 2008 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Thriller was released. Will.i.am is the album itself also be heard, in the song The Girl Is Mine 2008. He replaced the vocals by Paul McCartney, with whom Jackson had originally recorded the duet. The song was released as a single and became a modest hit. Will.i.am previously worked with Michael Jackson on his comeback album that never came, however, is.

Also granted In 2008 will.i.am contributed to the soundtrack of the movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. A year later he actually appeared in pictures in a roll of film asJohn Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Will.i.am also spoke in the voice of Pedro, a bird in the film Rio (2011).

During the United States presidential election of 2008 manifested will.i.am itself as a fanatic supporter of Democrat Barack Obama. He put a part of a speech by Obama on music and scored a big hit on YouTube. In the clip are besides will.i.am to hear and see various other artists. Following the victory of Barack Obama in november 2008 will.i.am made a new song, it's a new day.

In 2009 reunited Will.i.am is back with The Black Eyed Peas, and he released the album The e.n.d.. Of these were Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, Rock That Body and Imma Be hits. Unlike the previous albums, Will.i.am used more electro than hip-hop. Will.i.am also sang in the song I'm in the house by Steve Aoki as his alter ego Zuper Blahq. In 2010, the album was The Beginning of The Black Eyed Peas, also with a lot of electro and house. The numbers The Time (Dirty Bit), Just Can't Get Enough and Don't Stop The Party were hits. During a concert of their tour of the album The Beginning, the Group announced that they take some time for themselves.

On 25 January 2011, pc-parts manufacturer Intel announced that will.i.am is recruited as director of creative innovation. [1]

In 2011 works together with Britney Spears, will.i.am for her seventh studio album Femme Fatale.

In 2013, he released his second solo album #willpower . From the album This is love was released in 2012. This collaboration with the Dutch singer Eva Simons became a number one hit. In the same year he also scored a hit with the song Hall of Fame. This is a duet with Irish band The Script. At the end of that year he again worked together with Britney Spears, from which originated the song Scream & Shout . This provided Will.i.am a huge hit on the album Will power are also on collaborations with Afrojack, Nicole Scherzinger and his band size Apl.de.ap.

Will.i.am scored another hit In 2013 with Justin Bieber, called #thatPOWER. The single Bang Bang, which was a small hit, then Will.i.am. He also rapte me in Crazy Kids, a single by Ke $ ha. Will.i.am has also sung in the new single by Dizzee Rascal: Something Really Bad. His new single on 26 november 2013 was Feelin' myself (ft. Wiz Khalifa & French Montana, Miley Cyrus). This single is also from his album #Willpower, that is going to be re-released. On Sunday 8 december 2013 was Will.i.am in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. That day after he stood in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.

During an interview on the French radio station NRJ told Will.i.am that he is in 2013 will again reunite with Fergie, Apl.de.ap and Taboo as The Black Eyed Peas, and will bring them again with a new album. ==Private Life<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Will.i.am is often in for charities. In 2011, he organized, together with the other members of The Black Eyed Peas, a benefit concert in New York. This he did to raise money for an organization that fights poverty in New York slums. Will.i.am is a jury member in The Voice UK and in 2012 he gave all the money he earned to charity. He said himself that he wanted nothing to do with the money he could, so nothing better than giving away to people who can do what.

<p lang="en" len="465" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">During an interview with the British newspaper The Sun, told Will.i.am that he suffers from tinnitus, and in april 2013 he said to suffer from ADHD.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">He is the nephew of former NFLPlayer Lynn Cain. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] === ===Collaborations<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Edit] ===
 * "Scream and Shout", Britney Spears
 * Big Fat Bass, album of Britney Spears, Femme Fatale
 * "Blow" of Saïan Supa Crew, album: Hold Up
 * "Baby Love", by Nicole Scherzinger, album: Her Name Is Nicole
 * "I Am Somebody", by Carlos Santana, album: All That I Am
 * "Beep", The Pussycat Dolls, album: PCD
 * "About You", by Mary j. Blige, album: The Breakthrough
 * "True" with Fergie, album: 50 First Dates soundtrack
 * "Floatin'", Charlie Wilson's, album: Charlie, Last Name Wilson
 * "Sunny Hours", by Long Beach Dub Allstars ("Joey" themesong)
 * "Surfboard", by Sergio Mendes, album: Timeless
 * "Mas Que Nada"by Sergio Mendes, album: Timeless
 * "Let Me", by Sergio Mendes, album: Timeless
 * "I Know" (remix), by destiny's Child
 * "I Love My Bitch/Chick", by Busta Rhymes, album: The Big Bang
 * "Fergalicious" by Fergie, album: The Dutchess
 * "All That I Got (The Make up Song)", by Fergie, album: The Dutchess
 * "Clumsy", by Fergie, album: The Dutchess
 * "Here I Come", by Fergie, album: The Dutchess
 * "Get Your Hands Up" (with BEP 's), by Fergie, album: The Dutchess
 * "Do it", by Ciara, album: Goodies
 * "Hip hop is dead" by Nas, album: hip hop is dead
 * "Loose ends", by Sergio Mendes ft Justin Timberlake ft. Pharoahe Monch, album: Timeless
 * "The frog", by Sergio Mendes ft q-tip, album: Timeless
 * "Compton", The Game's album doctor's Advocate ,:
 * "Keep bouncin'", from Too Short ft Snoop Dogg, album: Blow The Whistle
 * "A Dream", by Common, album: Freedom Writers soundtrack
 * "I Want You", by Common, album: Finding Forever
 * "In The Ayer" by Flo Rida, album: Mail on Sunday
 * "Hot Thing", by Talib Kweli, album: Eardrum
 * "Photographs", by Rihanna, album: Rated R
 * "Damn Girl", by Justin Timberlake, album: FutureSex/LoveSounds
 * "Nothing Really Matters", by David Guetta, album: Nothing But The Beat
 * "Best Night", by GoonRock, LMFAO ft. Eva Simons, album: Sorry For Party Rocking
 * "Fall in love", by Rita Ora, album: Ora
 * "Crazy Kids", Ke $ ha's, album: Warrior
 * "Something Really Bad", by Dizzee Rascal
 * "Feelin' Myself", ft. Wiz Khalifa & French Montana, Miley Cyrus