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William James Adams, Jr. (born March 15, 1975), better known by his stage name will.i.am (Template:Pron-en will-eye-AM) and occasionally his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, actor, and producer. will.i.am rose to fame as a frontman and co-founder of the hit hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, with rappers apl.de.ap, Taboo, and later added member, R&B singer Fergie. As a producer, he has produced with artists such as Cheryl Cole, Daddy Yankee and Usher, as well as several tracks for Michael Jackson, which will be released on Jackson's forthcoming posthumous album.

In September 2007, will.i.am's record label Universal Music Group decided on a pilot scheme to reward file sharing with cash incentives, which included tracks from his latest solo album, Songs About Girls.

In 2008, will.i.am was hired by Michael Jackson to produce and remix some songs for the Thriller re-release, Thriller 25. Also in 2008, will.i.am contributed the song, "One People," to the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.

will.i.am appeared in the We Are the World 25 for Haiti music video. He is previewed in the video/song "OMG" (2010) by Usher.

He performed at the annual Electric Daisy Carnival in June 2010.

In October 2010, Will.i.am appeared on ITV1's popular TV show the X Factor as a celebrity guest judge to Cheryl Cole, when it came to the stage of the judges houses. Here he helped the Girls Aloud singer decide who would go through to the live shows.

In a YouTube video posted by YGLifeOfficial on March 15, 2010, will.i.am expressed his desire to work with and help k-pop girl group 2NE1 achieve international success. He later produced many songs and recorded with them in his own studio located in Los Angeles and also in a London studio.

will.i.am played a fathering role in The Urbz: Sims In The City, which uses The Black Eyed Peas' songs as its soundtrack.

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Discography

• Lost Change (2001)
• Must B 21 (2003)
• Songs About Girls (2007)

See also

• Black Eyed Peas discography
• will.i.am production discography

References

1. Pay-per-listen innovation from Black Eyed Peas man (thelondonpaper)
2. Songs for Survival – Survival International
3. Swift, Jacqui (2008-10-17). "Bruce Parry says he owes the tribal people so much | The Sun |Showbiz|Something For The Weekend". The Sun. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
4. "Electric Daisy Carnival – to take over Exposition Park LA". DanceNova. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

External links

• Official website
• Will.i.am on Twitter
• Will.i.am at IMDb

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• Living people
• 1975 births
• 1990s singers
• 2000s singers
• 2010s singers
• American film actors
• American male singers
• African American rappers
• American record producers
• Grammy Award winners
• Hip hop record producers
• Hip hop singers
• Latin Grammy Award winners
• Rappers from Los Angeles, California
• Ruthless Records artists
• Black Eyed Peas members