William James Adams Jr. is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, television personality and actor. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas. As a solo artist, will. i. am has released four solo albums. He has also been a judge and mentor on the television talent show series The Voice UK, The Voice Australia, and The Voice Kids.
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William James Adams Jr. is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, television personality and actor. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas. As a solo artist, will. i. am has released four solo albums, beginning with Lost Change in 2001. He has also been a judge and mentor on the television talent show series The Voice UK, The Voice Australia, and The Voice Kids. In the summer of 1988, he met up with fellow rapper Allan Pineda and fellow student Dante Santiago to form the socially conscious rap group, Atban Klann. He later said his history with rave culture is why he chose a more electro sound for the Black Eying Peas’ albums The E. N. D. and The Beginning. In 2013, he released his fourth studio album, #willpower, in 2013. Will has also produced music for other artists including A. R. Rahman, Cheryl, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Kesha, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, David Guetta, U2, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, 2NE1, and Baby Kaely. He was born in Eastside Los Angeles, and was raised in the Estrada Courts housing projects in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, where he and his family were among the few African Americans living in a predominantly Hispanic community. Adams has never met his father, William Adams Sr, He was raised by his mother, Debra, who encouraged him to be unique and to avoid conforming to the tendencies of the other youths in the east Los Angeles neighborhood.
He attended Palisades Charter High School. He started going to raves with classmate Pasquale Rotella. He became best friends with Allan Pininga, who would also be a future member of Black EyED Peas, while studying at summer school at John Marshall High School, and later at Paul Revere Charter Middle School. In early 1998, he began the recording of Bridging the Gap, his first solo album. The album was successful enough for the group’s contract to be renewed, and in 2000, a second album, Bridging Bridging The Gap, was released. In 1997, they changed their name to the BlackEyedPeas, and began recording their first album, Behind the Gap. The group’s first single, “Joints & Jams,” was released in early 1998 early early 1998. The track was regularly used as the theme for the NBA Live 2005 and Madden NFL 2005 seasons. After Eazy-E’s death in 1995, and Will replaced Jaime Gomez, better known as Taboo, once again under his stage name, Will changed his name to Taboo. After this, the trio began recording an album, “Grass Roots”, with the help of producers Mookie Mook and DJ Motiv8, but the album was never released due to Eazy’s death.
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