Hill joinedwill.i.am, Apl.de.ap, and Taboo when they were forming the Black Eyed Peas in 1995.
“There was new management now, so it’s a whole different set of expectations and pressure.
It just started to get clumsy and messy.
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You want me to grind on will.i.am in a bathing suit?”
Hill says in the video.
“That was being asked of me, never by the guys.
That was happening from an executive level.
“I never wanted to be objectified while doing my music.
‘Where’s your voice?
Where are you?'”
“The pressure started coming to, like, soften it up and make it super-commercial.
[I] was like, ‘We’re not really going to do that, are we?'”
Not wanting to tear the group apart, Hill left and pursued her solo career.
The Black Eyed Peas considered addingNicole Scherzingeras a vocalist, but eventually brought on Fergie.
Looking back, Hill has nothing but love for will.i.am.
“No one handed them anything,” she says.
“They worked their asses off.
They deserve it.”
“She’s never done anything to me.
She didn’t take anything from me,” Hill says.
Watch Hill’sNew York Timesop-doc for more.
