IAM Worldwide Celebrates 9th Anniversary With Star-Studded “9RACE” Music Festival

IAM Worldwide celebrates its 9th Anniversary in a big way with "9RACE" (GRACE), an anniversary celebration and music festival - featuring Secondhand Serenade, Apl de Ap, IYAZ, KZ Tandingan, TJ Monterde, and Dionela on October 4, 2026 at the Araneta Coliseum. Organized by Wilbros Live.

Leading the international line-up is Secondhand Serenade, the acclaimed emo-pop project of singer-songwriter John Vesely, best known for the multi-platinum anthem “Fall For You,” along with fan favorites “Your Call,” “Vulnerable,” and “A Twist in My Story.”

Filipino-American superstar Apl de Ap, co-founder and member of the Grammy Award-winning Black Eyed Peas, brings the party with global anthems including “I Gotta Feeling,” “Boom Boom Pow,” “Where Is The Love?” and Filipino favorites “Bebot” and “The APL Song.” Also joining the celebration is international R&B and pop hitmaker IYAZ, whose worldwide smash “Replay” became one of the defining pop hits of its era, alongside favorites “Solo” and “Pretty Girls.”

MUSIC LYF: Will.I.Am - #Willpower (Album)

As a 15-year-old rapper growing up in L.A. and dreaming of hip-hop superstardom, will.i.am wrote a song and titled it “#willpower.” Now seven Grammys and 33 million album sales later, The Black Eyed Peas frontman is gearing up for the release of a solo album bearing the same name as that glory-seeking track he authored as a kid. The first solo effort since The Black Eyed Peas’ platinum-selling 2010 release The Beginning, #willpower once again finds the songwriter/musician/producer fulfilling his dreams of music-world domination.

The follow-up to 2007’s solo CD Songs About Girls, #willpower builds on its predecessor’s bold fusion of hip-hop, R&B, and electronic/dance music to offer up the latest of will.i.am’s irresistibly infectious and genre-warping party anthems. The standard album’s 15 hook-heavy tracks showcase more than a dozen A-list guest artists, ranging from pop mega-stars (Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Nicole Scherzinger, Miley Cyrus) to a highly inspired mix of up-and-comers (including Dutch dance diva Eva Simons, South Korean girl group 2NE1, singer/songwriter Skylar Grey and seven-year-old rapper Baby Kaely). Also featuring fellow BEP member apl.de.ap—and, perhaps most outrageously, the 70-piece, Prague-based Czech Symphony Orchestra—#willpower sees will.i.am expanding his sound by sharing production duties with leading-edge collaborators like Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Benny Blanco, Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, Lazy Jay, and FRESHM3N III.