As the front man, producer and multi-instrumentalist with the Black Eyed Peas,
will.i.am steered the group to Grammy glory, worldwide Number 1s and huge album
sales, while using hip hop and pop to create swaggeringly funky dance floor
hits. Signed up as a 16-year-old to gangsta rap legend Eazy-E's Ruthless
Records, he went under the name Will-1X but left the label after the death of
Eazy-E in 1995 to form what would become The Black Eyed Peas. Repeatedly dipping
his toes in the film industry, will.i.am's first solo material came with the
movie soundtrack albums Lost Change (2001)...