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(1975-)

Who is Will.i.am?

Will.i.am first caught the public ear as a member of the Black Eyed Peas, which started out as a trio making underground hip hop before pivoting to become a pop-rap group and finding international success.

He’s also a solo artist and a producer who has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. More recently he’s been nurturing the dreams of other artists as a judge and coach on the UK version of The Voice.

Early Life

Will.i.am was born William James Adams on March 15, 1975, in Los Angeles, California.

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His mother, Debra, raised him alone after his father — whom he has never met — abandoned the family. Adams grew up in a housing project, which he described to the Daily Beast as being "raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless." Having music as an outlet helped him look beyond his bleak surroundings.

While in high school, he met Allan Pineda (stage name: apl.de.ap). The two combined their hip-hop an