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DJ Will Gill | |
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 DJ Will Gill at Superbowl LIV Miami Stadium | |
| Occupation | American DJ |
| Years active | 2008–present |
DJ Will Gill is an American DJ and personality. He appeared as a cast member on The Real World: Hollywood , the twentieth season of MTV's long-running reality television series, The Real World . [1]
DJ Will Gill was born William Gilbert in Detroit, Michigan. He studied sound engineering and music production at the Recording Institute of Detroit and attended Michigan State University while studying advertising. [2] [3]
During taping of The Real World, DJ Will Gill produced music and wrote songs alongside housemate Brianna Taylor. The two travelled to Philadelphia to resolve Taylor's legal troubles. [4] [5] [6]
In 2008, DJ Will Gill headlined as a DJ at MGM Grand Casino in Detroit, Michigan. [7]
In the TV series Happy Endings , the fourth episode of the third season titled "More Like Stanksgiving" showed the characters watching clips from an episode of The Real World: Sacramento, on which they themselves were previously cast members. The character Brad Williams, played by actor Damon Wayans Jr., parodied DJ Will Gill, mimicking Gill's hair and wearing of long-sleeved shirts underneath T-shirts as seen on The Real World: Hollywood. The fictional season was said to have not aired due to one of the cast members burning down the house. [9]
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