will.i.am
will.i.am
William Adams, known professionally as will.i.am, is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, actor, musician, DJ, record producer and philanthropist. He is best known as a founding member of the hip hop and R&B band The Black Eyed Peas, with whom he has received seven Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, a Teen Choice Award, two MTV Video Music Awards and three World Music Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth15 March 1975
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.
I've got all this stuff in my head at the same time as I'm doing stuff and I don't know how to stop or slow down.
Releasing an album on a major label is like sending a package through Fed Ex. You know that it'll get there, and you know that it'll get there on time.
I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.
Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music to the art to the dance to the language.
Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.
My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.
I rescue families who are losing their homes because they have no jobs and they can't pay the mortgage and the banks are foreclosing on their homes.
I don't have political agendas. I have social agendas.
I don't dream to be like mega crazy rich.
Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact.
Why shouldn't a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions?
If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
You know, the Super Bowl is so fresh that every single commercial is even on, you know, some next-level entertainment.