BLACK EYED PEAS TO OPEN MUSIC ACADEMY

This summer, the Black Eyed Peas, along with their Peapod Foundation and partnering with the philanthropic Adobe Foundation, will be opening Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Music and Multimedia Academy Number Four in New York.

(Young Hollywood) - There are currently three academies which are based in California -- the first was launched in 2008 at a Boys and Girls Club. The Academy caters to underprivileged youth from 13-19 and focuses on the promotion of social change using music. Accredited media makers and performers lead classes that teach the fundamental skills needed in order to be successful in the industry, including field trips and working hands-on with professional equipment.

No doubt, the major success that the Black Eyed Peas have accumulated over the years is a direct reflection of how heavily the group has influenced not only music but aspiring music lovers as well, and their desire to give back to the community at the level they do reinforces just how great they are. Will.i.am says, "Our passion for music and media was fueled by many generous people on our road to success... Expanding the network of Peapod Adobe Youth Voices academies enables us to pay it forward, giving more youth the skills and encouragement they need to realize their dreams."

Admission into the academy in based on teacher recommendations and their level of interest in graphic design, camera work, editing, and other skills.  The New York facility opens in July. 

For more information visit Peapod Foundation and Philanthropic Adobe Foundation 

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE\WILL.I.AM COLLABO'S (Leaked)

Two unreleased collaborations between will.i.am and Justin Timberlake leaked this week, one a sober reflection on social issues and the other a party song about finding some “high-class sexy ladies.”

It’s unknown when the tracks were recorded, but Timberlake hasn’t released an album since 2006 and will’s last solo record, ‘Songs About Girls,’ was released in 2007.

Listen to will.i.am & Justin Timberlake, ‘Nature of the World’

Listen to will.i.am & Justin Timberlake, ‘Going Crazy’

What do you think of these two songs?

BLACK EYED PEAS CREATE T-SHIRT FOR CHARITY

Black Eyed Peas have created a special t-shirt to raise money for disadvantaged children across the world.

The group, fronted by will.i.am and Fergie, has designed a limited edition garment which will be sold in aid of their Peapod Foundation, which helps provide education, shelter and healthcare for youngsters.

The t-shirts are being made in conjunction with clothing retailer Aeropostale and every fan who buys one will be entered into a competition to win a trip to meet the band at an upcoming concert.

Black Eyed Peas star Apl.de.ap., says, "We are thrilled to partner with Aeropostale in raising awareness and funds for our Peapod Foundation. The Foundation works to encourage change for social issues affecting children worldwide. The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art." (SOURCE)

BLACK EYED PEAS ON AMERICAN IDOL

Now, Im a Black Eyed Peas fan - even though Will I Am has annoyed me where Michael Jackson is concerned but Ive decided to remain a fan and only focus on the music. I have to say "The Beginning" is waaaay below standards  - too much techno and too much synthesizer for my liking. I have always praised the fact that they do in fact mostly sing when they are on stage and dont usually use playback and lipsync.
Last night BEP was one of the musical guests along with Lee Dewyze, who is last seasons winner on the show. I must say - Lee blew the Peas OUT OF THE WATER!!! I, personally - thought their performance was the worst I have ever seen from them...EVER!

First off - Fergie (and I LOVE Fergie)...WTF? She sounded like a cat in a microwave and what the hell was with the green nails and RED (and not a nice red either) lipstick....? The heels she had on were 8 inches high easy and it always pisses me off when people can not only walk but also dance in shoes that high cause I surly can NOT! In my opinion, and this is only what I feel, that dress was very sweet and was cute on her but the shoes were stripper-esque and not a compliment to the dress. Can you say HOT MESS??!? PS - the earrings matched NOTHING!!
Will Iam - It sounded like you were singing into a childs play microphone, you know the ones that make your voice sound funny and by funny I mean ROTFLMFAO type funny.
Taboo sounded great!!
Then to dedicate THAT song to Japan? Really..?? Of all the songs you could pick for "Dedication" you pick that one...I dont get it.


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BLACK EYED PEAS DEDICATE VIDEO CLIP TO JAPAN

A week before the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, will.i.am, Fergie, apl.de.ap, and Taboo were in Tokyo to shoot the video for their new single “Just Can’t Get Enough,” and have dedicated the clip to the people of the country.

To show their support for those afflicted by the natural disaster, the group included a special message at the beginning of the video, reports CNN. “This video was filmed in Japan one week before the earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people of Japan. We love you,” reads the text, while providing viewers with a link to donate to the Red Cross.


Will.i.am previously tweeted his concern for his Japanese friends. “I’m worried about my friends from smap smap, verbal, kage son, and all my friends I care about . I can’t reach any of them in japan,” he wrote.


The foursome will perform “Just Can’t Get Enough” this Thursday on “American Idol,” while the video is set to debut sometime this week.


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CELEBRITIES SHOW SUPPORT FOR JAPAN!

In the wake of the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, celebrities have taken to Twitter to voice their concern for the country. Artists including Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Lady Gaga, Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Keri Hilson, and more have reacted to the natural disaster, filling timelines across the globe with prayers and unifying words in this troubled time, while suggesting ways we can help. See the stars’ outpouring of support below.

Alicia Keys: “My heart breaks 4 Japan. woke up this morning early w/ a song in my heart. not sure what but wow! so much going on in the world! #pray4japan”

Chris Brown: “My prayers go out to everyone in japan!!! We have to love one another and come together as a planet!!!! Life is way too precious to waste on ignorance!!! We have to come together!!! All of us! Every race, gender, etc. I love you all. For anyone I’ve ever hurt,cursed out, yelled at, been rude too!! I sincerely apologize!! Life is beautiful and we are Beautiful People. I’m 

buggin out right now over japan!!#praying”

Mariah Carey: “All my love & prayers go out to everyone in Japan. Our thoughts are w/you as you recover from this tragic situation. God Bless, Aishitemasu”

Jennifer Lopez: “Sending LOVE! Lets all please take a minute and say a prayer for all the people in Japan. For God to give them hope, courage, and strength.”

Snoop Dogg: “Sending prayers out to Japan. Stay strong and keep ya head up.”

Monica: “Praying constantly 4 the families of those in both Japan & parts of Hawaii. It saddens me 2 no end but I know Gods able 2 protect & provide”

Ashanti: “As we all see we are not promised 2mrw.. Be grateful & live ur life righteously…”

Shakira: “I’m saddened to see so much suffering. The imagesof Japan are horrific. My only reflection on this is that we are all but one single nation. One world united. That when there is one region affected by a catastrophe the rest of the world must react…”

Lady Gaga: “I Designed a Japan Prayer Bracelet. Buy It/Donate here and ALL proceeds will go to Tsunami Relief Efforts. Go Monsters: http://bit.ly/f0aYwZ”

Ameriie: “My heart aches as we all pray for those killed, injured, & missing in Japan… to help text ‘redcross’ to 90999 to donate $10 #helpJapan #textREDCROSSto9099”

Melanie Fiona: “Please do all you can to assist the devastation in Japan. Even if its sending love, prayers & energy, we are responsible for one another xo”

Sean Garrett: “All the love and prayers go out to my people in Japan,Hawaii and the West Coast!”

Bun B: “What’s happening to Japan right now is indescribable. These extreme acts of nature are getting more and more frequent. Pray for them and us.”

B.o.B: “My heart goes out to the people of Japan. Stay Strong”

Lil’ Kim: “My prayers go out to everyone in Japan and families affected. #prayforjapan”

LeToya Luckett: “My prayers go out to all affected by the Tsunami. #Godbless”

Diddy: “GOD BLESS everyone in Japan and anyone affected by this disaster- you are in every thought and prayer!! Count your blessings today and be Nice! Let’s go! Never take life for granted!! Make today your GREATEST.”

Justin Bieber: “Japan is one of my favorite places on earth…it’s an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help”

Sean Kingston: “Wanna send my Condolences to everybody in japan right now may the lord be with u all! Bless”

Ciara: “I am sooooo sad to hear about what’s happening in Japan. It breaks my heart. Let’s pray for the families and their country!”

Estelle: “Prayers for Japan. All mu West Coast mates now would be good to visit fam in midwest or east coast! Thank God for every moment.”

Ne-Yo: “GOD BLESS JAPAN. My prayers go out to the people of japan hit by that terrible earthquake and tsunami, as well as the people of hawaii.”

JoJo: “My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Japan and the other affected areas. Let’s love and forgive and uplift and embrace each other.”

Nicki Minaj: “RT @itzBAD_BarbieDC: Sending my thoughts n prayers out to Japan. And anywhere else affected by the earthquake/tsunami”

will.i.am: “I’m worried about my friends from smap smap, verbal, kage son, and all my friends I care about . I can’t reach any of them in japan. 2new is in japan too…‘wow’…I’m really worried…I can’t sleep…”

Trey Songz: “Praying for my Japanese people affected by the Tsunami.”

50 Cent: “Man I hate to say this but the world is coming to a end. Look at japan tell the people you value you love them.”

Jermaine Dupri: “i pray everybody is paying attention to the news right now,this earth quake and tsunami stuff is so real”

Keri Hilson: “My heart goes out to any & everyone affected by the tsunami & earthquake in Japan. Sincere prayers for safety & repair…”

Mya: “Words can not describe the sorrow I feel.My heart goes out to you Japan”

Missy Elliott: “I am Praying 4 Everyone in Japan and Everywhere!!! All Prayer Warriors Please do the same…”

Brandy: “Sending prayers to Japan!!!!”

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SNAPPED! Leona Lewis, Prince & Others Honor Barbra Streisand

Leona Lewis performed at the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand last evening. Other artists who attended the event honoring the Queen of Stage included Prince, Stevie Wonder, Seal and Will.i.am. Check out more images below:

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HOT SHOTS: CHRIS BROWN, USHER & OTHERS ATTENDED JUSTIN BIEBER’S ‘NEVER SAY NEVER’ PREMIERE

Chris Brown attended the premiere of ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ at theNokia Theatre in Los Angeles yesterday. Other artists at the event included Usher,Willow Smith, Will.i.am, Toni Braxton and her sister Tamar. Check out more images below:

WILL I AM - SUPER BOWL HAIRCUT!

Check out Will I AM's new haircut - a very dedicated performer!! 

I think tonight's Halftime Show will be one to remember!

USHER & BEP TEAM UP FOR SUPER BOWL HALFTIME PERFORMANCE!!

The Black Eyed Peas are pulling out all the stops for this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV. The AP reports that Usher and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash will join the supergroup as surprise guests during their halftime performance.


Ursh and Slash have previously collaborated with the Peas. The R&B singer linked up with will.i.am for the international smash “OMG,” while the guitarist has performed with Fergie, Taboo, will, and apl.de.ap during their recent tour and laid down the track “Beautiful Dangerous” with Fergie Ferg.


“This is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done,” tweeted will.i.am, currently in Dallas rehearsing for the big game. “Butterflys in my stomach…I feel like I’m in a dream…(We are playing the super bowl!!!).”


Details are mum on what the foursome will actually perform during the show, but will.i.am has revealed that they’ll tone it down by cutting some of their raunchier hits from the megamix. “We’re not playing ['My Humps']. It’s a club song,” he told The New York Times. “It’s like when I get around my mom, all my cuss words are deleted from my vocabulary. Automatically, they just leave. Super Bowl, yes, the words are not going to exist in my vocabulary.”


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TEDDY RILEY SLAMS WILL.I.AM "I think he should have kept it to himself" HE says

punchblog caught up with renowned producer Teddy Riley during his whirlwind trip to the UK last week!

During our chat Riley spoke against Will.i.am who has stated he is not in support of the release of Michael Jackson’s first posthumous album!

Riley stated:

I think he should have kept it to himself, I’m sorry. Nothing against Will.I.Am, but it’s not his business. You know, if you got something to say that’s against my friend, you know, and upholding his legacy, then what happens when you die? Should we just stop your music? Let me say this; this album is greater than his best album. Michael’s worst day is better than peoples best day. Cause he’s such a perfectionist, so when you’ve got a person who’s such a perfectionist, when you got people like, um, Will.I.Am just throws his…you know, puts two things together, samples together and drop something and copy from so many different artists, you know what I’m saying. Michael’s been innovative, he’s not copied off of anyone. Will.I.Am has copied so many different things and he’s taken from so many different things. I’m a music guy, I know everything that he’s (had) every record that he’s made, every sample that he used. So that’s not being innovative, it’s a big difference. When you can speak, speak when you have the knowledge and the education about someone. Not when you, you know, cause you got a few hits out there, you got, right now, you’re the producer and you doing what you doing, but it will never compare.

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i agree with teddy 100% ,yesterday i went on twitter and called out wil; iam ..he should focus on his flopping album and stop  trying to sabotage mjs project!! the fact that mj wouldn't have released the crappy songs he did with him doesn't mean that he didn't want some of his unreleased work out !

WILL I AM TALKS ABOUT MJ'S NEW ALBUM

While the Net is buzzing about Michael Jackson’s posthumous Michael album hitting stores next month, one of the King of Pop’s biggest fans, producer and Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am, hasn’t even heard the much-talked-about new song “Breaking News.” He’s not really interested in it, either. “Whoever put it out and is profiting off of it, I want to see how cold they are,” he says, “to say that what [Michael] contributed during his life wasn’t enough. He just wasn’t any ordinary artist. He was a hands-on person. To me it’s disrespectful. There’s no honoring.”
The producer collaborated with Jackson in 2006 on what would have been Jackson’s comeback album, following 2001′s Invincible. He can’t understand how Sony, Epic’s parent company, could release fragmentary works from a man who was so meticulous. “Michael Jackson songs are finished when Michael says they’re finished,” Will says. “Maybe if I never worked with him I wouldn’t have this perspective. He was very particular about how he wanted his vocals, the reverb he used…he was that hands-on.”
Earlier this year, Will talked to Access Hollywood about some of the songs he recorded with Michael, mentioning “Dreaming,” “Still the King,” and a James Brown tribute called “I Will Miss You.” But he still maintains that none of them will ever be released, because Jackson didn’t give them a final okay. “He kept his vocals and I kept the music,” he says. “We had that understanding.” SOURCE


What are your thoughts??