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Will.i.am suffering from tinnitus
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 8 December 2010
Will.i.am has revealed that he suffers from tinnitus, and works on music as much as possible to block out the constant ringing in his ears.
He told The Sun: “I don’t know what silence sounds like any more. Music is the only thing which eases my pain. I can’t be still. Work calms me down. I can’t be quiet as that’s when I notice the ringing in my ears. There’s always a beep there every day, all day. Like now. I don’t know exactly how long I’ve had this but it’s gradually got worse”.
Now, I know what you’re thinking; if he needs to work on music all the time, why doesn’t he make better music? Well, he agrees with you. Sort of. He admitted to Contact Music that his solo album was a mistake-filled flop, saying: “It would have changed everything within the Black Eyed Peas if that album had been successful. Because that album did not succeed, it taught me what to do with the Peas and what not to do”.
