EXCLUSIVE: Will.I.Am's Ego Forced Out Former Black Eyed Peas Singer, Says Source
Posted on Jun 27, 2010 @ 07:05AM - 5 comments
Before the Black Eyed Peas sexy front woman Fergie came along, Kim Hill was the female singer of the famed group.
According to sources close to the group, Kim Hill left the Black Eyed Peas for the same reason Fergie plans to -- a major clash of egos with front-man will.i.am, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.
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"Kim Hill was once a big part of the Black Eyed Peas,” according to a source close to the Grammy winning group.
“She was part of their 'family' and wanted to be treated better and promoted as the valid part of the group that she was.
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“But she started having a hard time with will.i.am.
“His ego was getting bigger and he was moving away from caring about their original sound and got more interested in becoming famous."
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RadarOnline.com exclusively revealed how Fergie and will.i.am have clashed, so much so, she had made the decision to leave the group.
Our source said it is an all too familiar scenario.
"Kim Hill did the exact same thing years ago,” dished the insider.
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“After a few years with the Black Eyed Peas, Kim realized that she wasn't going to get the credit that she deserved. She decided to leave the group in 2000 and go out on her own.
“She really thought Will would give her the props she deserved, but it wasn't happening.
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“She couldn't stand his ego getting bigger and bigger and she bounced."
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The source added, "The irony is that about a year after Kim, who is pretty Afrocentric and has a really soulful sound, left the group, Fergie came along and they put her front and center.
“Kim and Fergie couldn't be more different and Fergie ended up getting everything Kim was asking for and more."
EXCLUSIVE: Fergie Ready To Leave Black Eyed Peas, Feuding With Will.I.Am
Posted on Jun 26, 2010 @ 02:06AM - 12 comments
Fergie is dumping the Black Eyed Peas and going out on her own permanently, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
What’s more, the band members don’t know it yet!
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The band has a full tour schedule for the summer and the split most likely will not happen until those obligations are fulfilled.
A source with knowledge of the situation told RadarOnline.com: “Fergie wants out and she’s decided she’s leaving the group. This isn’t a temporary split to pursue a solo project.
“This is permanent.”
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Fergie has kept the news so secret that very few people know and she is not ready to make the announcement right now, the source told RadarOnlne.com.
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“I don’t know if she’ll admit or deny it when it leaks out, but I do know that it’s 100 percent true, she’s got everything planned out and she says she can’t be convinced to change her mind,” the source told RadarOnline.com.
The Black Eyed Peas are currently in the midst of a world-wide tour that includes stops in France, Greece, Ireland, Canada, and the United States this summer.
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The group formed in Los Angeles in 1995. It's composed of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Will.I.Am and vocalists Apl.De.Ap, Taboo, and Fergie.
Fergie’s real name is Stacy Ferguson.
The group scored their first worldwide hit with Where Is the Love? in 2003. Another single was the European hit Shut Up. Their album Monkey Business was another worldwide hit, certified 3x Platinum in the U.S., spawning two hit singles My Humps and Don't Phunk With My Heart.
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In 2009, the group became one of only eleven artists to have ever held the number one and two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with their singles Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling, from the album The E.N.D., and the singles also topped the chart for an unprecedented 26 consecutive weeks combined in 2009.
The album later produced a third Hot 100 number one with Imma Be, making them one of the few groups to ever place three number ones on the chart from the same album. The album also includes singles such as Meet Me Halfway and Rock That Body.
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The group has sold an estimated 35 million albums worldwide and 41 million singles, and 76 million copies with both sales combined.
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Posted on Nov 13, 2009 @ 07:37AM - Add a comment
Sarah Palin takes shots at journalist Katie Couric and her ex-running mate, Sen. John McCain -- but leaves the kid gloves on for Levi Johnston -- in a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey slated to air next week.
While the former governor of Alaska has publicly traded barbs with Johnston for the better part of 2009, Palin undoubtedly shocked many, when she told Winfrey that Johnston "is a part of the family, and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing.”
Summer Tours Will Rock You
Posted on Mar 23, 2009 @ 01:11PM - Add a comment
Hold on to your geetars! Here's a list of rumored summer tours:
Rolling Stones - Not betting on this one to take place.
Paul McCartney - Sir Paul has said his favorite thing to do is play live so we'll probably see him out there this summer.
