William James Adams, Jr. It was confirmed that he would be a coach on the UK Version of The Voice, alongside Jessie J, Danny O’Donoghue and Tom Jones. will.i.am’s music career began in the summer of 1988, when as an eighth-grader, he met up with fellow rapper Allan Pineda (apl.de.ap) and fellow student Dante Santiago. After Eazy’s tragic death, Atban Klann changed their name to the Black Eyed Pods, and Will replaced Dante with Jaime Gomez, better known under his stage name of Taboo. Following the release of Bridging The Gap, Will began recording his first solo release, Lost Change, which was the official soundtrack to the film of the same name. in November 2001, work began on a third Black Eyed Peas album, Elephunk. On the strength of that single and follow-up singles like “Shut Up”, Elephunk went on to sell 8.5 million copies worldwide.
