Will.i.am. William Adams (born March 15, 1975), known by his stage name as will.i.am (pronounced Will I Am), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, voice actor, actor, DJ, record producer, and philanthropist, best known as one of the founding members of the hip hop/pop band, The Black Eyed Peas.
He is the recipient of seven Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, a Teen Choice Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, and three World Music Awards all won with the Black Eyed Peas. Early life William James Adams, Jr. Music career 1988–2000: Formations and The Black Eyed Peas Will.i.am performing with the Black Eyed Peas in June 2009 2000–03: Lost Change, Elephunk and Must B 21 The group released their breakthrough single, "Where Is The Love", in November 2002 (featuring Justin Timberlake, although he did not appear in the video). 2003–06: Monkey Business 2007–09: Songs About Girls and Change Is Now. YG ENTERTAINMENT. BIGBANG. YG Entertainment. YG Entertainment (Korean: YG 엔터테인먼트) is a record label and talent agency founded by Yang Hyun-suk based in Seoul, South Korea.
It produces and markets music recording/publishing, record manufacturing/sales, artist management, concert production, and new artist discovering/training. YG is an abbreviation for "Yang Goon", a nickname given to the Executive Director Yang Hyun-suk. Once the home of hip-hop groups Jinusean and 1TYM, its current roster of recording artists are known to be some of the biggest K-pop acts internationally. Big Bang, 2NE1, Epik High, Lee Hi, and PSY have proved to be the front runners. Today, YG Entertainment is known as one of the "big three" record companies in South Korea, along with S.M. YG Entertainment's records are distributed by KT Music in Korea, WMG in Taiwan, and Japan operations are managed by YGEX, a collaboration label between AVEX and YG Entertainment. History[edit] Hip-hop roots[edit] Mainstream success[edit] Business expansion[edit] Partnership[edit] Teddy Park. Park Hong-jun (born September 14, 1978),[1] better known as Teddy Park or just Teddy, is a Korean-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Born in South Korea, Park moved to the United States as a young child. There, he learned English. After moving back to South Korea, he majored in English at Myongji University. [citation needed] Teddy Park dropped out of university to join hip hop group 1TYM.[2] Together, the group recorded five total studio albums. Life and career[edit] Early life[edit] Teddy Park was born in South Korea, but moved to New York City as a young child. 1998–2005: Work with 1TYM[edit] While with 1TYM, the group produced five studio albums. One Time for Your Mind was followed by 2nd Round in 2000 and Third Time Fo' Yo' Mind in 2003. After the initial three albums, 1TYM released Once N 4 All. 2006–present: Producer for YG Entertainment[edit] YG Ent.