As per the sources, it claims that Will.i.am, the lead singer of the Black-Eyed Peas, claims he doesn’t enjoy the music of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac, and he has a valid reason for doing so: he doesn’t connect with it. Will claims that the music of the legends didn’t “speak to his spirit” while he was a guest on veteran rapper Skillz’s podcast, “Hip Hop Confessions”.
Moreover, he assumed that if he had listened to Biggie and 2Pac’s raps, he would have remained in his L.A. neighborhood rather than traveling the world with his multi-platinum band. When asked which artist he favored as a performer, Will.i.am responded that he didn’t prefer the music of either in a snippet of the interview that The Art of Dialogue posted to Instagram.
It’s an intriguing viewpoint, especially considering how often Will has attributed late N.W.A co-founder of Eazy-E, sometimes known as “The Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” with launching his career. Will.i.am also talks about how growing up, artists like Rakim, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest influenced him.
We also came to know from the sources that, Will claims that BEP was significantly more influenced by artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Eric B. and Rakim, and De La Soul than by Pac and B.I.G., which is completely audible in their music.
