Black Eyed Peas star rejected welfare cheque
Will.i.am turned down his first welfare cheque because he wanted to find another way to live.
The Black Eyed Peas front man – who now has millions in the bank thanks to his successful career as a rapper, manager, producer and judge on ‘The Voice' in the UK – was stood in line waiting for his first payment aged just 20 when he had an epiphany and turned to his mother and girlfriend.