You have to love artists that give back and some artists, such as the Black Eyed Peas, give back just about everywhere they can. This time, it’s by opening Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy in California, a school where kids who otherwise may not have a chance, can now find their voices and other talents to truly do something spectacular with their lives.

The California school isn’t the first Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy to be opened, and it’s not even the first to be opened by the Black-Eyed Peas. In fact, it’s the fifth in two years that the group has opened, after joining forces with Adobe Youth Voices in 2009. It’s expected that this year, just like at every Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy, that 300 underprivileged students will be in attendance to focus on learning more about film, music, and art.

Will.i.am, the group’s front man, said at the opening over the weekend, “Every day we are inspired by the immense talent we see in young people. The Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academies provide these youth with opportunities to advance their artistic and academic skills and channel their creative energy in ways we can only imagine. We are proud to help them make their voices heard.”

But there may be a science program here and there too, as science and technology is also something dear to will.i.am’s heart. In a separate project, the rapper has teamed up with Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway and in will.i.am’s own words, “today’s Edison.” Together, the two have formed the “i.AM FIRST: Science is Rock & Roll” program, an educational program that teaches kids from the ages of 8 — 19 about science and technology, something that Will has said without, his own art could not survive.