Will.i.am thinks he would have been a 'notorious gang member'

Will.i.am is a singer of the Black Eyed Peas band, who has thinks that a "notorious gang member" of a music career if he did not follow.

The singer 36 years old says that his life was very different if the mother was not so supportive when it was happening in Los Angeles.

He said: 'I would have been a notorious gang member.

'First I'd have to rebel against my mum and then rebel against the law. Rebelling against the law is much easier than rebelling against my mum!'

The star became friends with fellow bandmate Apl.De.Ap was 14 and he says that when he chased about the success they have achieved think.

He added to Look magazine: 'I'm emotional for certain things. Family? Emotional. The past and knowing how far you've come? Emotional. I was at President Barack Obama's inauguration but I wasn't emotional until I saw Apl sitting in the audience.

'Suddenly I was like, 'Oh, look how far we've come!''