2024-05-07T15:11:33Z http://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Quit.&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:trueskool.com,2019-12-20:1464587:Video:694156 2019-12-20T01:54:02.930Z Editor's Pick http://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist

<a href="http://trueskool.com/video/i-was-in-the-black-eyed-peas-then-i-quit-almost-famous-by-op-docs"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3778242959?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapper’s name was will.i.am, and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas. The rest is history — or is it?<br></br> <br></br> Hill found herself at a crossroads in 2000 and decided to quit the group…

<a href="http://trueskool.com/video/i-was-in-the-black-eyed-peas-then-i-quit-almost-famous-by-op-docs"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3778242959?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapper’s name was will.i.am, and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas. The rest is history — or is it?<br /> <br /> Hill found herself at a crossroads in 2000 and decided to quit the group and find her own voice, only to look on as The Black Eyed Peas reached global stardom with earworms like “I Gotta Feeling.” Having missed out on what every performer dreams of, does Hill regret her decision?<br /> <br /> “Almost Famous” is a special Op-Docs series of short films directed by Ben Proudfoot featuring people who nearly made history — only to fall short. These are tales of overcoming disappointment at its most epic, from an astronaut who never flew to a superstar who never was.