Who is William James Adams Jr?,

The world knows him by his stage name will.i.am (formerly Will 1X) is a Jamaican American who has won an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. Will.I.Am is a hip hop musician, rapper, dancer, songwriter, animation voice and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas. He also has his own label called will.i.am music group.
Will.i.am was born March 15, 1975 and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California.

In September 2007, will.i.am's record label Universal Music Group decided on a pilot scheme to reward certain file sharing with cash incentives, including will.i.am tracks from his latest solo album Songs About Girls.[1] will.i.am is also featured in Flo Rida's debut album Mail on Sunday on the song In The Ayer, and in Usher's latest album Here I Stand, on track 6, titled What's Your Name.