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"  Only God (and a few accountants) knows what polymath William Adams Jr. lists under &amp;quot;occupation&amp;quot; on his tax return. The 36-year-old, who&amp;#039;s better known by his Seussian stage moniker, will.i.am, is certainly a rock star; the Black Eyed Peas, the band he co-founded in 1995 and has been creatively driving since, has sold more than 28 million albums worldwide to date. But the East L.A. native has also been a producer for such acts as U2, the late Michael Jackson, and Britney Spears. He&amp;#039;s an activist: that viral pro-Obama &amp;quot;Yes We Can&amp;quot; video in 2008? Yes, he did it. He also happens to be a tech guru. This year, Intel announced that he was being named a creative director, which, we hope, means fashion-forward rocket packs may finally not be a thing of (science) fiction. But we&amp;#039;re pretty sure that &amp;quot;playa&amp;quot; isn&amp;#039;t listed on his 1040; it turns out that will.i.am, who&amp;#039;s in a long-term relationship he declines to discuss, is not the type to waste good, good nights ogling various lady lumps.   ELLE: Who from popular culture did you fantasize most about as an adolescent?will.i.am:  Who&amp;#039;s the lady that did &amp;quot;cuchi-cuchi&amp;quot;? Charo! I loved me some Charo. Back in the &amp;#039;80s, she was everywhere\u2014The Love Boat, Fantasy Island.  ELLE: I have a pet theory about Fantasy Island\u2014that it was created to provide, uh, bathroom fodder for 14-year-old boys.W: I didn&amp;#039;t do that until I was 19.  ELLE: Really?W:  Yep. I think my mom had a big role in it. It was a subject we never talked about growing up.  ELLE: I don&amp;#039;t imagine many mothers encourage their sons to do that sort of thing. From talking to other men, did you ever consider that you might be less sexual than other guys?W:  To me, sex isn&amp;#039;t like an extracurricular activity that you do because you&amp;#039;re [feeling amorous]. Because I was raised around girls, I think I&amp;#039;ve adopted that perspective on sex. When you&amp;#039;re with somebody and you love them, then you&amp;#039;re going to do it and you&amp;#039;re going to do it a lot. On tour, the band started calling me G. S., for the Good Samaritan.   ELLE: Do you think there are women you&amp;#039;ve dated who have told their friends, &amp;quot;I just cannot for the life of me get into this guy&amp;#039;s pants&amp;quot;?W:  Yeah, I&amp;#039;m pretty sure there are women I&amp;#039;ve dated that are probably like, &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s up with him?&amp;quot;   ELLE: So if you waited until 19 to... explore yourself, then when did you lose your virginity?W: I walked before I crawled. You can ask my mom. That applies to a lot of things in my life, and that indirectly answers that question.   ELLE: I understand you&amp;#039;ve never met your father. Do you feel like you missed out on anything?W:  I asked my mother about it once, and she said, &amp;quot;Willie, can I ask you a question? Are you happy with your perspective on the world? Are you proud that you&amp;#039;re tenacious and driven? Are you happy how me and your uncles have raised you?&amp;quot; I was like, &amp;quot;Yeah.&amp;quot; She said, &amp;quot;Then you shouldn&amp;#039;t feel like you&amp;#039;re missing anything. I am your daddy. I protected you, and the proof is your happiness with who you are right now.&amp;quot;  ELLE: Wow. She&amp;#039;s quite a philosopher. What&amp;#039;s the angriest you ever saw her?W: I think when I got caught doing graffiti. In high school I used to write expo\u2014short for exposure\u2014everywhere. My uncle Fay caught me and was like, &amp;quot;Deborah! Willie over there writing on them walls.&amp;quot; My mom called me in the house and she&amp;#039;s like, &amp;quot;Sit your butt down on the couch!&amp;quot; And she started hitting me.   ELLE:  Having been hit as a kid\u2014and having turned out well\u2014do you think that when you have children, you&amp;#039;ll do the same?W: It&amp;#039;s a different era. My mom&amp;#039;s discipline worked out perfectly. I wouldn&amp;#039;t change a thing. And my mom got hit by my grandma, who&amp;#039;s the sweetest person on the freakin&amp;#039; planet. But cultures change.  ELLE:  I&amp;#039;m surprised that since you became famous your dad hasn&amp;#039;t materialized.W:  I have no idea if he&amp;#039;s tried. I&amp;#039;ve been truly protected by my uncles. All I know is that dude don&amp;#039;t come around, and I&amp;#039;m happy it&amp;#039;s that way.   ELLE: If you walked into a woman&amp;#039;s house, what one item would convince you that you weren&amp;#039;t compatible?W: If she had condoms in her house, that would just fuckin&amp;#039; throw me off. That&amp;#039;s just tacky.   ELLE:  Well, okay, I could see if she had a candy bowl full of them on the coffee table. But if she&amp;#039;s got a few in a drawer, wouldn&amp;#039;t that simply suggest she&amp;#039;s health-conscious?W:  I just think, like, if you&amp;#039;re into someone and you guys get to that level, then that&amp;#039;s something you should converse about together and say, &amp;quot;Hey, maybe we should get some.&amp;quot; Another pet peeve is wet sinks.   ELLE:  Wet sinks?W:  Yeah, like a wet sink. You don&amp;#039;t wipe the sink after you use it? Dry it off! And if she&amp;#039;s got only dry toilet paper and no baby wipes next to the toilet. You ain&amp;#039;t got no baby wipes?   ELLE: I&amp;#039;ve heard about this particular deal breaker before. Why is that a big deal to you?W: Here&amp;#039;s proof on why people should have baby wipes. Get some chocolate, wipe it on a wooden floor, and then try to get it up with some dry towels. You&amp;#039;re going to get chocolate in the cracks. That&amp;#039;s why you gotta get them baby wipes.   ELLE:  Hypothetically, if God appeared to you and said, &amp;quot;William, I&amp;#039;m going to eradicate every love song that&amp;#039;s ever existed, with one exception\u2014your choice&amp;quot;...what would you choose?W: &amp;quot;Just the Way You Are,&amp;quot; Billy Joel. If you love somebody, that person is going to fuck you up one day. So the song&amp;#039;s saying, &amp;quot;Here&amp;#039;s my love, and I ain&amp;#039;t going nowhere. So don&amp;#039;t go changing.... I like you even though I know you&amp;#039;re going to slip and fall, and it&amp;#039;s going to fuckin&amp;#039; ruin my life.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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