General - Part 1

  1. As a child, Justin sang in a church choir and performed in a number of local talent contests.
  2. At the age of ten, he even sang at the Grand Ole Opry - a weekly country music concert in Nashville.
  3. His half-sister Laura Katherine sadly died shortly after birth in May 1997. She is mentioned in the acknowledgements as “My Angel in Heaven” in the self-titled ‘N Sync album.
  4. Justin was the first victim of Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d TV show.
  5. Justin set up a clothing line with best friend Juan Trace Ayala - William Rast.
  6. The name derived from Justin’s grandfather William Bomar and Trace’s grandfather whose surname was Rast.
  7. IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon (who died in October 2011) was sponsored by Justin’s clothing label William Rast.
  8. In 2009, Justin and Diab Importers launched a premium tequila called 901 Silver.
  9. His parents divorced when he was three years old. Both have since remarried
  10. In 2011, Justin and Specific Media Group jointly purchased the social networking site MySpace for an approximate sum of $35 million!