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I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

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Will.i.am grew up in East Los Angeles with his mother, who raised seven children in total, including him and three others she adopted. He also shares that he never had a relationship with his father because he never met him.

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