Will.I.Am, whose real name is William James Adams, born in the United States, on March 15, 1975. He participates in the musical group The Black Eyed Peas and has made a duet in songs such as Fergie, Macy Gray, Segio Mendes , Justin Timberlake, Daddy Yankee, etc. He has a record company called A.M Records. The songs that have made him famous are, for example, Hey Mama and Pump It with his musical group, and Fergalicious with Fergie.
He was raised in the Estrada Courts home in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, where he and his family were among the few African-Americans who lived in a predominantly Hispanic community. William Adams never met his father, and grew up with his mother, Debra, who encouraged him to be unique and avoid according to the tendencies of the other young people in her neighborhood in the East of Los Angeles. She encouraged him to start working on his musical career by sending him to the public schools of the rich in West, Los Angeles. Palisades Charter High School, Will.i.am became the best friend of apl.de.ap, who would also be a future member of the Black Eyed Peas. In high school, will.i.am and apl.de. AP made presentations at clubs and soon joined three other artists to form the rap group with social conscience. Athan Klann caught the attention of rapper Eazy-E and was offered to sign for his label, Ruthless Records. Adams used to attend raves. last He later told you that his story with rave culture is why he chose a more electro sound for The END and The Beginning albums of The Black Eyed Peas. Despite the use of Electro and house music, will.i .am prefers to separate clandestine from pop. In an article with the Los Angeles Times, he mentions that the secret about the whereabouts of raves is what made him delirious about something special and different from the culture.
He began his solo career internationally with his third album titled Songs About Girls. After working with The Black Eyed Peas for a while, in 2008, during the US election campaign for that year, he composed three songs with the text of three of the speeches of the aspiring Barack Obama, called Yes We Can, It's a New Day and We Are The Ones. He has also collaborated in several successful songs, like Check It Out by Nicki Minaj for his album Pink Friday with Britney Spears in the song Scream & Shout. On April 19, 2013, he released his fourth studio album #willpower.
