# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-i-am
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:19.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-i-am"
name: "will.i.am"
slug: "will-i-am"
description: "William Adams, known professionally as Will.i.am, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the frontman of the musical group Black Eyed Peas — which he formed with fellow rappers apl.de.ap and Taboo in 1995. The group has released nine studio albums, and saw their highest success with the pop rap albums Elephunk (2003), Monkey Business (2005), The E.N.D. (2009), and The Beginning (2010), during which he shared lead vocals with fellow singer Fergie."
tagline: "American rapper, singer, and record producer (born 1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will.i.am_in_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.62
  momentum:             1.175008239270747
  historical:           26.05154933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 5190000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://will.i.am"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/iamwill/"
    handle:    "iamwill"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@iamwill"
    handle:    "iamwill"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iamwill"
    handle:    "iamwill"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/william"
    handle:    "william"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443238/"
    handle:    "nm1443238"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/085pc2PYOi8bGKj0PNjekA"
    handle:    "085pc2PYOi8bGKj0PNjekA"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVCdOaiHD05nGQm9tf1SEzw"
    handle:    "@illwilly"
    followers: 5190000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/35646"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84.%D8%A2%D9%8A.%D8%A3%D9%85"
    title: "ويل.آي.أم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84.%D8%A2%D9%89.%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ويل.آى.ام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84.%D8%A2%DB%8C.%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ویل.آی.ام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B9_%D0%95%D0%BC"
    title: "Уил Ай Ем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84.%D8%A2%DB%8C.%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ویل.آی.ام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C.%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99.%D7%90%D7%9D"
    title: "ויל.איי.אם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2.%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%88.%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AE"
    title: "विल.आई.एम"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ウィル・アイ・アム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am"
    title: "Will.i.am"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C_%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4_%EC%95%B0"
    title: "윌 아이 앰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d574c9bd-46f6-440a-8d6a-8412a283eeb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82092"
    title: "will.i.am"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump