Facing foreclosure? Call Will.i.am!
In an effort to fight his country’s current housing crisis, Will.i.am is taking the matter into his own hands.
In an interview with U.K. newspaper “The Sun,” the Black Eyed Peas frontman, born William Adams, talked about his mortgage relief program called “i.am.home.”
“I rescue families who are losing their homes because they have no jobs and they can’t pay the mortgage and the banks are foreclosing on their homes,” said the artist, who purchased a new home for his grandmother in 2009. “All the people we help are debt free, they don’t have to pay me back.”
Will.i.am cites his mother as the main source of inspiration for i.am home. “She’s supermom and also my best friend…She told me that, ‘No matter how successful you are, we are still struggling.’ It’s those kinds of things that are like an ego smack – great reminders of where you are from and where you are in the world.”
Outside of charity, the super-producer, who has sold over 28 million records worldwide with group the Black Eyed Peas, also let the Sun in on some major music news: Will.i.am’s currently producing the next album for the legendary international rock group, U2.
The man behind “My Humps” calls the collaboration a dream project and even has a few words for those who may think he’s too pop for U2.
“There’s only one type of music and that’s good music, no matter what genre it is,” he said. “Bono is one of those guys who sees it that way and there’s no right or wrong. There are no rules once you lift the veil off.”
Will even admits he’s gotten positive feedback on the new U2 disc from his celebrity peers.
“I went to Bono’s house for lunch and George Clooney and Cindy Crawford were there,” he recalled. “I played some of the songs we’d been working on together and everyone was blown away. They all left the finger food to come and hear.”
Post by: CNN VJ Gavin Godfrey
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