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DJ Will Gill
DJ Will Gill at Superbowl LIV Miami Stadium
OccupationAmerican DJ
Years active2008–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]

Life and career

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]

Television work

Parodies, derivatives, and references

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Gerrick (11 Jul 2008). "MSU Alum Got 'Real' on MTV". Lansing State Journal. p. 1D. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Alt URL
  2. ^ Hinds, Julie (16 Apr 2008). "8 Mile to 'Real World'". Detroit Free Press. p. 5D. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  3. ^ "Will | Real World XX: Hollywood | MTV". 2012-11-12. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  4. ^ Hinds, Julie (16 Apr 2008). "8 Mile to 'Real World'". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. ^ "Real World XX: Hollywood | Ep. 2004 | Joey's Intervention | Episode Summary, Video, Photos | MTV". 2012-11-11. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  6. ^ Klein, Michael (15 Apr 2008). "Fierce". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C2. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  7. ^ "'Real World' Alum To Spin At Club's Anniversary". Detroit Free Press. 11 Dec 2008. p. 32. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  8. ^ "MTV's Real World: Hollywood video preview - Monsters and Critics". 2012-04-04. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  9. ^ Hughes, Jason (2012-11-21). "'Happy Endings' Gang Met On Unaired 'The Real World: Sacramento'". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-08-20.

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