Will.i.am Pays Off $350,000 In Struggling Families' Mortgages

[Carlos Baez]

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Will.i.am, The Black Eyed Peas star, stunned two struggling families on the verge of losing their homes on Monday May 10, ‘10 by revealing he'd paid off their mortgages.

The generous Will.i.am agreed to give his financial advice to the two families invited to appear on pal Oprah Winfrey's talk show, but when he realized just how much debt the family of eight
and the single mother were in - due to the economic collapse - he offered to
dig deep and give them the cash they needed to survive instead.

The cash amounted to more than $350,000.

The two families had no idea they would be meeting a pop superstar on Oprah's stage - or that he'd be solving their immediate financial problems.

He and Winfrey both fought back tears as the grateful folks hugged each other and sobbed.

Speaking of the reasons behind his generous cash gift to complete strangers Will.i.am said, "I'm OK. I don't dream of being mega, crazy rich; I just wanna be able to create, make music and
help people. Doing this isn't gonna leave a dent in my house...but it could
help somebody that really needs it.It's something that means a lot to me".

There was more emotion on Monday's show when Will.i.am showed off home video footage of the day last year ‘09 when he bought his grandmother a house. Will.i.am, who was celebrating his birthday
on the day he handed his gran the keys to her own place, said, "I told my
mom to bring everybody to this house - because we were gonna have dinner - and
when they got there, she's like, 'William, whose house is this?' "My
grandmother's been in the projects for 50 years. I can't imagine what she was
thinking".

Will.i.am also showed Oprah cameras around his old neighborhood in East Los Angeles.

Will.i.am also launched his i.am home charity on the show.

The fund will help struggling families.

Source: www.CyberHollywood.ning.com

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