United Kingdom, April 26 -- will.i.am is "praying for the spirit" of Liam Payne.

The 50-year-old rapper remembered the tragic One Direction star - who died in October 2024 at the age of 31 after falling from the balcony of his Buenos Aires hotel room - and admitted that, along with his former partner Cheryl and their eight-year-old son Bear, Liam is always in his thoughts.

He told The Mirror: "I pray for Cheryl and her kid. I pray for Liam's spirit and his family."

The former Black Eyed Peas star was speaking at the 11th Breakthrough Prize ceremony, where he complained that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are "seeded with hate" which means that only the "worst" will be brought out of their users.

He said: "The place ...