Will.i.am

Will.i.am is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the frontman and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, and was also a coach on The Voice in the UK and Australia.

Will.i.am has recorded nine studio albums with the Black Eyed Peas and four solo albums. The Black Eyed Peas have achieved five number one singles including ‘Where is the Love?’, ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I Gotta Feeling’.

Why Will.i.am is vegan

Will.i.am is vegan for the animals and for health.

Will.i.am went vegan around 2018 as a way of improving his health after discovering he had high blood pressure and cholesterol. After a month of following a plant-based diet and exercising more he had lost 15 lbs.¹Jefferies, M. 2018. Voice judge will.i.am loses 15lbs after adopting vegan diet over health fears. Mirror. Available: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/voice-judge-william-loses-15lbs-11797758 [Accessed 8 September 2021]. In 2019, Will.i.am stated on Instagram that going vegan changed his life and health for the better.²Will.i.am. 2016. Going #vegan change my life… Instagram. Available: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsrURQVBOpL/ [Accessed 24 June 2026].

Although Will.i.am went vegan to improve his health, he has since also spoken out about the ethics of killing animals.

“If we didn’t have these fancy utensils, would I have the ability to go up to a living creature and like, savagely kill it to eat it? Could I do that? It wasn’t ‘I love animals’, ‘let’s save the planet’ at first. What made me switch was, I went to the doctor and he said I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol… Then, I started thinking about animals, did I really need [to eat] them? Turns out, you don’t.”³Pointing, C. 2018. Vegan Celeb Will.i.am Questions the Ethics of Killing Animals for Food. LiveKindly. Available: https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-celeb-will-i-am-questions-ethics-killing-animals-food/ [Accessed 8 September 2021].