Draper Turns to will.i.am for New Rendition of "Riskmaster"
Last month I suggested it was about time for a new song to replace "The Risk Master" as Tim Draper's Silicon Valley anthem. The song's origin was a long-kept secret, thanks to a hush-clause the writer demanded. But two years ago, the Venture Capital Journal was the first to report that the song's writer was Don Henley. I'll confess that I had to ask someone over 40 who that was, but my editors thought he was cool. But an inside source recently leaked video footage that suggests Draper may have hired 33-year-old will.i.am to liven up his increasingly tired sound. The front man of the Black Eyed Peas is known for his sense of style (he studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising here in LA) and for his increasing political involvement. Most recently, will.i.am wrote music to the words of a speech
