Igama langempela lomculi nguWilliam James Adams Jr. Isibizo esithi Will.i.am isibongo uWilliam esinezimpawu zokubhala. Ngenxa ye-Black Eyed Peas, uWilliam wazuza udumo lwangempela.
Iminyaka yokuqala ye-Will.i.am
Usaziwayo esizayo wazalwa ngo-March 15, 1975 e-Los Angeles. UWilliam James akazange amazi uyise. Umama ongayedwana wakhulisa uWilliam nezinye izingane ezintathu eyedwa.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umfana wayedala futhi wayethanda i-breakdancing. Isikhathi eside u-Adams ecula ekwayeni yesonto. Lapho uWill esebangeni lesi-8, wahlangana no-Allen Pineda.
Intsha yasheshe yathola izithakazelo ezifanayo futhi yanquma ukushiya isikole ndawonye ukuze izinikele ngokuphelele ekudanseni nasekuculeni.
Abafana basungula iqembu labo lomdanso, elahlala iminyaka eminingana. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uWilliam no-Allen banquma ukugxila emculweni futhi baqale ukubhala izingoma.
Cishe ngaso leso sikhathi, uWilliam wathola umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala. Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, wathola umsebenzi esikhungweni somphakathi lapho kwakusebenza khona unina uDebra.
Lesi sikhungo sisize intsha ukuthi ingangeni eqenjini lezigelekeqe. Mhlawumbe yilokho okwasiza u-Will ngokwakhe ukuthi angabi isigebengu, ngoba indawo lapho lo mfana ehlala khona yayimpofu futhi igcwele izigebengu.
Ibhendi yokuqala kanye nemizamo kaWill I.M. yokuduma
Ngemuva kokuthi uPineda no-Adams bakhethe okokugcina phakathi komdanso nomculo, badlule kokuningi.
Abaculi basebenze kanzima kule ndaba futhi bakwazi ukuzuza imiphumela ethile. Abantu abasha babize iqembu labo elisha i-Atban Klann.
Iqembu likwazile ukusayina isivumelwano ngelebula lokurekhoda futhi lakhulula eyodwa. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwengoma, ibhendi yalungiselela ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala iminyaka emibili, okwakufanele ikhishwe ekwindla ka-1994.
Nokho, ngo-1995, umnikazi ilebula wabulawa ingculaza, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kwahlakazwa iqembu Atban Klann.
I-Black Eyed Peas nodumo lomhlaba
Ngemva kokuxoshwa kule lebula, uWilliam no-Allen abazange bawushiye umculo. Laba baculi bahlangane noJaime Gomez, odume ngelika-MC Taboo, bamamukela eqenjini. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umculi uKim Hill wajoyina iqembu, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwathathwa uSierra Swan.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi umculi wayenezinto ezivela ku-albhamu yokuqala, abazange bayisebenzise ngokushesha ku-Black Eyed Peas. UWilliam akabanga nje kuphela umdidiyeli weqembu elisha, kodwa futhi waba umculi oholayo, isigubhu kanye ne-bassist.
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu yamukelwa kahle ngabagxeki, kodwa ayizange ibenze abaculi badume ngaso leso sikhathi. Ukuthandwa kwangempela kwafika eqenjini ngo-2003. Khona-ke uSierra ubevele eselishiyile iqembu, indawo yakhe yathathwa uStacy Ferguson, owaziwa ngelikaFergie.
Uhlu lokugcina lweqembu lwaluhlanganisa: uWill, u-Allen, uJaime noStacey. Kule ngoma, ngokuhlanganyela kukaJustin Timberlake, ibhendi ikhiphe ingoma ethi Where Is The Love? Ingoma ngokushesha "yasuka" kumashadi aseMelika futhi iqembu lazuza udumo.
Ngemva kokuthola ukuthandwa okukhulu, leli qembu lakhipha ama-albhamu amane futhi lahamba nokuvakasha komhlaba izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa. Ngo-2016, uFergie walishiya leli qembu wathathelwa indawo omunye umculi.
Impilo kaWilliam James Adams ephuma esiteji
U-Will.i.am akagcini nje ngokubhala futhi azicule izingoma, kodwa futhi usebenza njengophrojusa wabanye abaculi. Umculi wabamba iqhaza kuphrojekthi yaseMelika ethi "Voice" njengomeluleki.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-2005, uWilliam wakhulula iqoqo lakhe lezingubo. Izihlabani eziningi (Kelly Osbourne, Ashlee Simpson) zalazisa izinga lezimpahla zomculi futhi bezigqoka.
Futhi, uWilliam wadlala izikhathi eziningana kumafilimu futhi waveza abalingiswa bekhathuni.
Ngo-2011, uWilliam Adams waba umqondisi wokudala we-Intel.
U-Will.i.am ugcina impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu iyimfihlo. Naphezu kokuthi lo mculi usevume kaningi ezingxoxweni ukuthi ungumsekeli wobudlelwano obunzima futhi akavamile ukuqala izingxabano zosuku olulodwa, u-Adams akakashadi. Umrepha akanazo izingane.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana nosaziwayo
Umculi akakwazi ukuthula isikhathi eside. Lokhu akuyona into eyinqaba noma ukuthanda kwenkanyezi. UWilliam unenkinga yendlebe ebonakala njengokunkenteza ezindlebeni zakhe. Okuwukuphela kwento esiza uWilliam ukuthi abhekane nalokhu umculo onomsindo.
Ngo-2012, uWilliam wabhala ingoma eyasakazwa yi-rover to Earth. Le single yehle emlandweni njengengoma yokuqala eyathunyelwa eMhlabeni isuka kwenye iplanethi.
Ngo-2018, u-Adams wanquma ukuya ku-vegan. Ngokusho kwalesi sihlabani, ngenxa yokudla okukhiqizwa ezinye izinkampani zokudla uzizwe enengekile. Ukuze angatholi isifo sikashukela esikhathini esizayo, umculi wayefuna ukujoyina ama-vegans.
Ekupheleni kuka-2019, u-Will.i.am wabandakanyeka ehlazweni lokucwasa ngokwebala. Ngesikhathi lo mculi esendizeni, wayefake ama-headphones futhi akazange ezwe ucingo lwalowo osebenza endizeni.
Ngemuva kokuthi uWilliam ekhiphe ama-headphone, lo wesifazane akazange ehlise umoya wabe eseshayela amaphoyisa. Lo mculi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana uthe le ntokazi iziphathe ngale ndlela ngoba imnyama.
Lo mculi uyazithanda izigqoko zasekhanda ezingavamile futhi cishe akaze avele esidlangalaleni ikhanda lakhe lingamboziwe. Lapho u-Adams edlala kumafilimu e-Wolverine, akazange ashintshe isitayela sakhe, ngakho-ke umlingisi we-rapper naye ugqoke isigqoko esisayinwe.
Ngaphandle kokuduma kweThe Black Eyed Peas, uWill.i.am uphishekela umsebenzi wakhe yedwa futhi usekhiphe ama-albhamu amane.
