will.i.am
will.i.am in 2014, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: William James Adams
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 15, 1975
Ethnicity: African-American
will.i.am is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, record producer, actor, and philanthropist. He is an MC/dancer, and a member of hip hop group Black Eyed Peas. Other members of the group have been/are apl.de.ap, Fergie, and Taboo. He was previously a member of hip hop group Atban Klann, also with apl.de.ap. He is also known as Will 1X, illwilly, Willonex, and Zuper Blahq.
will.i.am’s uncle is NFL player Lynn Cain (Lynn Dwight Cain).
He looks half filipino half african
there is no such thing as 100% anything anymore when it comes to RACE. You really think after the millions of years humans have been on this planet, someone remained pure? yea right (sarcasm) everybody was dipping lol
Comment by Bri
January 29th, 2009
haha my philosophy; if ya hair got napps,u is black.if ya braids dont unwrap,sista you black!lol im kiddin:]
loool
When i make braids on my mother, they get unwrap all the time !!!! And guess what, my mother is … 100% black !!!!!
Thanks for the comment Barzahd. ethnicity is racial and also cultural. Therefore Jamaican could be a ethnicity as the people share a specific culture.
Ethnicity : an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
Nationality : people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
For the people that seem to be confused; Ethnicity is to race as Nationality is to country.
Actually, people can be of the same ethnicity yet belong to different races…Take Latin countries for instance…Look @ Panama…Most of the people there are of African Descent…Their race is Black, their Ethnicity is Hispanic because of the culture…My grandfather is from Puerto Rico…He is dark skinned, thick, tight hair…He’s black, but his ethnicity is Hispanic but of his culture and he was born in a Latin Country