will.i.am To Get Star On Walk Of Fame

Posted By: June 18, 2010 @ 10:34 AM EDT General

Black Eyed Peas frontman, will.i.am is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The L.A. native was discovered by Eazy-E and will be the fourth hip-hop act to receive the honor. Diddy was immortilized two years ago. No date as to when the ceremony will take place.

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  • [email protected]!

    Not hatin’ , cause I love Will.I.Am’s genius, but ALREADY??? Ok…

  • EscoHov

    Eazy E would laugh at this guy if He saw him now, Keep boom boom powin’ sir .. white people love it.

  • Rhyme

    No fuckin way. No doubt he has classics, but a star already?
    Ice Cube ain’t even got a star of fame, how about Snoop or Dre?
    Diddy smh.

    These things must can be bought.

  • So Icy Boi!

    Walk of Fame = Overrated …

  • So Icy Boi!

    ^^Diddy ??

  • Miky mike

    yeah it’s def cuz electro is on top of charts that will i am does it actually

    since the first BEP album without fergie wit a broke will i am on it
    to right now boom boom pow’s fame & more $
    it’s damn crazy story…

    PAC, EAZY E… hard to believe a cosign by them

  • Thank Me Hater

    I agree with what everyone has said on this post. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t nobody come in here with that “why yall hatin” shit. There are at least 10 niggas in on the hip hop scene RIGHT NOW that should have gotten this honor before him!!!

  • Wow.

    What exactly has he done to get this?
    Not really a fan of him, I can respect the guy, but there’s many other rappers that deserve this.

  • Mr A From Tha T

    Snoop shoulda been there a L-O-N-G time ago

  • TYBO2020

    AFTER BUYING UP THEIR OWN PRODUCT..NOW THIS..INTERSCOPE IS THE NEW WORLD ORDER OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY..VERY UNDESERVING

  • 250MG

    Does Eminem have a star???

  • mmkayy

    so wah ur tellin me diddy got one before oprah? Lool

  • B.Dot

    Does Eminem have a star???
    ^
    nope…he probably wouldnt go to the ceremony anyway. hell, he didnt even go to the academy awards when he won an oscar.

  • mmkayy

    ^ lol thats diff he didnt think he wud win.. i mean didnt we all think that

  • Money mitch

    I’m waiting for some stans demanding drakes star lol

  • graffiti bandit

    Will.i.am.a.faggot got a star… ? They must be giving these things anyway now, huh.

  • nyg718

    whyyyyyyyyyy…fuck it tho,welcome to “hollywood”

  • Donn

    YES!!!!!!! 😀 THIS DUDE IS MY HERO
    I LOVE WILL.I.AM 😀

  • Black Jesus

    This is a joke..fuck Hollywood the only people that get a star up there are people who suck alot of dick and take it in the ass..true story

  • Thank Me Hater

    Why has this nigga done beside be in a shitty ass Wolverine Origins movie?! If he gets one Fergie should have one too

  • Hein?

    Well now The Walk of Fame = worthless and it’s not cause it’s Will I Am it’s cause cmon man it use to only be like LEGENDS who would get it after they done put in a CAREER and not just some sales and a couple hits look at this list for 2011 they got others on it i’m like WTF

    Penelope Cruz (cmon son! really?) , Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon (ehhh) , Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Ed Harris, The Muppets(how late is this? they shoulda been had it), Ridley Scott and Kenny Ortega. For TV: Oprah Winfrey, Danny DeVito, Tina Fey (this irks me more than Will I Am. Tina Fey?!?!? Really? For what? Impersonating Sarah Palin?), Neil Patrick Harris, Ed O’Neill, Simon Fuller, John Langley and John Wells. For theatre: Joe Mantegna. For recording: Melissa Etheridge, Rascal Flatts, Go-Go’s, Slash, Will i. Am, Bebe & Cece Winans, Los Tigres Del Norte, and (posthumously) Buddy Holly and Louis Prima.

  • Toya

    I wouldn’t get too excited about getting a star. Sure you get a ceremony and a plaque but then you leave and the star gets walked on for the rest of eternity. … Or until no one remembers you. Do they keep all the stars or they replace them like the wax museum when a celebrity is no longer memorable?

  • pissed

    this obviously is not for his contribution to hiphop…not dissin Will but cmon son….Really?

  • Monopoly

    “I got it from my momma” Will.I.Am?? wow…not understanding the logic behind this decision.

  • Toya

    Requirements for a Walk of Fame star (From Wikipedia)
    – 5 years of involvement in the entertainment industry (A posthumous nomination must be made at least 5 years after a celebrity has died.)
    – A nomination with agreement from the celebrities’ management (A letter from the celebritie’s management must accompany the nomination.)
    – The nominations of those not selected are “rolled over” to the following year for reconsideration; those not selected two years in a row are dropped, and must be renominated to receive further consideration.
    – Living recipients must agree to personally attend a presentation ceremony within five years of selection. A relative of deceased recipients must attend posthumous presentations.
    – A fee (currently USD $25,000), payable at time of selection, is collected to pay for the creation and installation of the star, as well as general maintenance of the Walk of Fame. The fee is usually paid by the nominating organization, which may be a fan club, or a film studio, record company, broadcaster, or other sponsor involved with the honoree’s current or ongoing project. (The Starz cable network, for example, paid for Dennis Hopper’s star as part of the promotion for its series Crash. It was unveiled in March 2010, shortly before his death.)

    Given this information, I doubt Eminem would get a star because I don’t think he (in a way) paid for. Seriously this honor is like sending flowers to yourself on Valentine’s Day so you’re not the only girl in the office who didn’t get flowers. Plus I don’t think he would show up to receive the honor. He’s just not Hollywood like that.

  • Fat Boy

    I got a feeling…..ooooooooooooooooooo

  • So Icy Boi!

    Will I Am aint even a hip-hop artist so why should we care about him? he only being post because he black

  • wth bruh

    I luved the real hip hop music Will made back in da day…but he sold his soul obvz….n I hate to say it but…he fuked up hip hop…..cuz of da gigantic success he had wit ‘I gotta feelling’……now everybody is confused n they think that hip hop music should sound techno…..I mean I was watchin ‘the world music awards’ couple of weeks ago….n he won the best ‘hip hop act’ award for…..yh ‘I gotta feeling’….that itself shows u da state of hip hop……errbody is confused n dats partially thanks to Will….just my opinion

  • blaqscorpio

    GTFOH!

  • Donn

    SOLD HIS SOUL???
    Music is about feeling, and that dude makes feel good music. My little sister loves his music, and so do alot of my friends. Just because he makes pop electro music that y’all dnt listen to doesnt’ make him a bad artist. Dude is responsible for alot of hits and deserves it. And i agree, there are other artist who deserve stars but their not complaining so why are y’all. CONGRATS TO WILL.I.AM., I love his work. I respect everyone’s opinion but i think this site is bias sometimes because its called RAPradar but they post Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas stuff and Rihanna just to get y’all hatin’ ass comments. The world is bigger than hiphop, WAY bigger.

  • bigjay

    wow…even im shocked at this..good for him…keep doing it big brotha…keep getting that crossover money

  • yall some idiots.

    yall want yall favorite rappers to get a star dont be mad cause he got one

  • smokeyou

    this makes no sense at all. lmfao. who is next soulja boy

  • Enzo

    Why ya’ll hatin? Obviously the nigga did something right and suck the right white dicks so stop hating. Every single he put out was an international MONSTER SO POP THE FUCK OFF. Jealous ones envy and make it nowhere in life.

    – ENZO OUT THIS BITCH WASSUUPPP –

  • Jordan Doyel

    Mabey he got one cause hes amazing??? Like snoop? really? Snoop has done nothing. Don’t hate just because your favorite rappers did’nt get one. All wills songs are all over the charts. He most def deserves this. WAY TO GO WILL.I.AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP ROCKING!

  • smokeyou

    amazing? pardon me but i had to laugh at that. snoop has done way more for hip hop than william will ever do.

  • n^ggas bought that sh^t.

  • serpentor

    ummmmmmmmmmmm,okay?!?????

  • ty

    they jus givin them things away! smh

  • At this rate Plies is up next to get a star.

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