Will.I.Am Archives

Wil.i.am and Fergie hold hands as they arrive with the rest of their Black Eyed Peas band mates at Paris Menswear Fashion Week’s Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2010 show at Le 104 on Thursday (June 25).

Below is a video of Fergie’s husband Josh Duhamel on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. When Jimmy jokingly asked Josh about his wife beating up gossip blogger Perez Hilton, Josh commented, “She’s a regular badass, my wife.”

While he was kidding about his wife beating anyone up, his serious comment regarding the altercation between Perez Hilton and will.i.am, which resulted in the band’s manager punching Perez in the face, was, “I try not to get into it especially now because I don’t think he deserves that much—he’s got more press than he deserves from this whole thing.”

Josh also stated that Perez got what he deserved: “He goes a little below the belt…and when you poke somebody in the chest enough and when you call them enough names, I think it’s good to get your nose bloody.”

Kimmel teased that Josh should have been the one to punch Perez. Josh’s response: “I kind of wish it was me!”

Josh stars in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in theaters now!

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has released a statement regarding Sunday’s Perez-Toronto incident. Check out his message of respect:

I will not continue to comment specifically on the incident that happened in Toronto last weekend… But I would hate for my silence to be misconstrued… I do not condone harassment or violence of any kind…

No one deserves physical abuse…
And no one deserves verbal abuse…
No one deserves that…

Everyone needs to be respected…
And no ones name should be slandered in the name of hate and disrespect…
And fyi…”not every black man is a thug”…

As far as character allegations made against myself,
The members of the Black Eyed Peas,
And members of our management…
I believe that the truth will speak for itself once the details of the events are fully presented.

Hateful slurs…
Racial or gay should not be used as verbal weapons to provoke violence…

Let us all learn from the events that happened in Toronto…
That situation has already taken valuable time, energy,
And attention away from more important,
And in some cases, devastating issues happening in our world.
Thank you…
will.i.am

Check out the new Black Eyed Peas music video “Boom Boom Pow,” the lead single off BEP’s upcoming album The E.N.D.

will.i.am has stated that The E.N.D. stands for “The Energy Never Dies.”

“It’s a diary … of music that at any given time, depending on the inspiration, you can add to it,” will.i.am explained. “I’m trying to break away from the concept of an album. What is an album when you put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs? That’s not an album. There is no album anymore.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the new BEP music video — YAY or NAY?

Hugh Jackman, aka The Sexiest Man Alive, growls, jumps and slices his way through this new action-packed trailer for superhero flick X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due out May 1.

Just 55 more days!

Below are new Wolverine promos via USA Today featuring Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Deadpool), Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed/Sabretooth), Taylor Kitsch (Remy LeBeau/Gambit), Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) and Will.i.am (John Wraith/Kestrel). I am most excited for Gambit!!! Woo woo!!!

For more info, visit X-MenOrigins.com.

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Skull sexy Rihanna lends her support at the the Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation benefit concert inside the Conga Room at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Thursday (February 5) in Los Angeles.

Fergie rocked out a shrunken leather Victorian jacket with hook and eye detail paired with a leather mini tornado dress by Grai. She finished off her look with an A.Z. by Azature fastener bangle and an Azature black diamond Honor ring, with stackable H-ring.

MIA from the event, presented by Adobe Youth Voices, was BEP member apl.de.ap (real name: Allan Pineda Lindo). He’s unfortunately mourning the death of his 21-year-old brother, Joven Pineda Deala, who was gunned down in the northern Philippine town of Porac.

On a happier note, BEP member Taboo (real name: Jamie Gomez) and his fashion publicist, Jaymie, are expecting their first child this summer. Taboo also has a teenage son, Joshua, with a former girlfriend.

30+ pictures inside of BEP babe Fergie Ferg… More Here! »

It’s been speculated that Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am would be working with rockers U2 on their upcoming album.

Rapper Kanye West just confirmed the news on his blog: “Will.i.am is producing U2’s next album. I’m sure it will be dope as s— judging from the crazy beats he’s done in the past 3 years!”

Will.i.am has said, “I would love to do something with them. It that ever happens it would be a dream come true! I went to Bono’s house. He has these summer parties and I went and had great food. It was the best. Those guys are the nicest people in the world.”

Can’t wait to hear the album!!!!!

CNN host Anderson Cooper, aka Silver Fox, interviewed musician/producer Will.i.am. via hologram during last night’s election coverage from CNN’s Election Center.

The technology included around 44 high-definition cameras that take a real-time, three-dimensional image of a person live!

Coop started off saying, “Will.i.am, I want to thank you for being with us via hologram tonight.”

CNN certainly showed what news coverage will be like in the future. Nifty. Watch the video below!

The Black Eyed Peas will finish recording their fifth album, “The E.N.D.,” at Metropolis Studios in London, reports Billboard.

The album title doesn’t mean it’s BEP’s final album though. “No, no — it stands for ‘The Energy Never Dies,’” explains producer and group member will.i.am.

He goes on to say that he’s tempted to release “The E.N.D.” this year because this will be the final year where physical sales are significant. He predicts: “For the last remaining stores that sell CDs, this is the last Christmas that CDs will be in stores. It’s f—ing scary.”

will.i.am, who was the mastermind behind the viral “Yes We Can” song backing Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, added that he wants BEP’s music to be interactive, offering embedded information and even “songs within songs” when the user clicks on a pop-up.

“We’re just finishing the songs and collaborating with the software guys,” says will.i.am. “I’m tired of making songs for the radio and for MTV. You should make songs for where songs are actually being listened and played. We have new people — software programmers. They are just as important as me, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. That’s us, the visual members. But nowadays it isn’t just physical with music and content anymore — you have to have proprietary software. Just borrowing other people’s sh– doesn’t empower the growth and how you monetize that content, so that’s why it’s important that we got a software guy that is part of the Peas.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of this “interactive music” — YAY or NAY?