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Singer, rapper and music producer who is one half of the record production duo The Neptunes and the lead vocalist of the hip hop band N.E.R.D. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014 for penning the song “Happy” for the film Despicable Me 2.

He played in the high school band.

He won a Grammy Award with Ludacris in 2007 for Best Rap Song for “Money Maker.”

He was born to parents Pharoah and Carolyn Williams and has two younger brothers: Cato, a professional skateboarder, and Psolomon. He married Helen Lasichanh in 2013 and he has a son named Rocket Ayer Williams. They couple had triplets at the end of January 2017.

He worked with Adam Lambert in 2011 on the music album, Trespassing.

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams was born on April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the oldest of three sons of Pharaoh Williams, a handyman, and his wife Carolyn, a teacher. His roots extend for generations in Virginia and North Carolina, and one of his ancestors journeyed to West Africa in 1831, prompting other relatives to emigrate from America to Liberia in 1832.

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (/f ə ˈ r ɛ l / ; born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Williams and Chad Hugo formed the record production duo The Neptunes in 1994, producing hip hop and R&B music. He is the lead vocalist of the band N*E*R*D, which he formed with Hugo and childhood friend Shay Haley. Williams also owns I Am Other, a multimedia creative collective that serves as an umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams’ endeavors, including Billionaire Boys Club.

In the early 1990s, Hugo and Williams formed a four-piece “R&B-type” group, the Neptunes, with friends Shay Haley and Mike Etheridge. They later entered a high school talent show where they were discovered by Teddy Riley, whose studio was next to Princess Anne High School. After graduating from high school, the group signed with Riley.

Through working with Riley, Williams went on to write a verse and help produce for Wreckx-N-Effect’s 1992 hit “Rump Shaker”. That same year, he also performed a small rap solo on SWV’s second hit, “Right Here (UK Remix)”. Williams and Hugo met rap duo Clipse in Virginia Beach in 1993, where they later signed to Arista Records through Williams’ Star Trak Entertainment imprint in 2002. In 1994, Hugo and Williams had established themselves as a production duo under their old name “The Neptunes”, and assistant-produced “Tonight’s The Night” from Blackstreet’s self-titled album. Over the next three years they continued to produce occasionally, and some of the results had little resemblance to the Neptunes’ sound later. However, some like Mase’s 1997 song “Lookin’ at Me” from his album Harlem World, and the most definite beginning of the distinctive “Neptunes sound”, came with N.O.R.E’s “Superthug” in 1998, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and gaining them widespread attention for the first time.

In 2000, they produced the song “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” (featuring a chorus by Pharrell himself) for Jay Z’s album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, which released as the album’s first single. The song’s sound and success sparked the interest of maturing pop artist Britney Spears.

In 2001, Britney Spears released her third studio album, Britney, featuring the lead single “I’m a Slave 4 U”, which was produced by The Neptunes. The song was a defining hit in both of their careers, and it was The Neptunes’ first time having helped create an album that debuted number one in the Billboard 200. The same year, N.E.R.D, consisting of Williams, Hugo and Haley, released their first album, In Search of…, in Europe, where the first Kelis album was better received. The album sounded very much like their previous production work; the group decided that they should make their work as N.E.R.D sound different, and re-recorded the album with the rock band Spymob.

In 2002 their re-produced album was released worldwide, and the Neptunes reached number one in the U.S. with Nelly’s single, “Hot in Herre”. In August of the same year, the Neptunes were named “Producers of the Year” at both the Source Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. Clipse released their commercial debut album Lord Willin’ in August 2002. The album started at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number four on the Billboard 200, fueled by its first two singles, “Grindin'” and “When the Last Time”, which peaked at number 34 and number 19 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Neptunes released a self-credited album called The Neptunes Present… Clones in 2003, with songs and remixes from various artists. This topped the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The Neptunes and Williams specifically were also kept in public eye largely due to ties with Jay Z, producing several hit singles for him and two tracks on his The Black Album. The track “Frontin'” was a big hit. A survey in August 2003 found the Neptunes produced almost 20 percent of songs played on British radio at the time, and a survey in the US had them at 43 percent. The same year, the Neptunes remixed the Daft Punk song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” for the duo’s poorly received remix album Daft Club. The track also had a brief rap section performed by Williams.

Williams released his first solo single, “Frontin'”, in 2003 and followed it with his debut solo album, In My Mind, in 2006. His second album, Girl, was released in March 2014 and included the commercially successful single “Happy”. As part of the Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous singles for various recording artists. Williams featured on Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” which reached the top ten in the music charts of over 32 countries, and has sold more than 9.3 million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Grammy Awards.

In September 2004, Williams was featured on the Snoop Dogg single “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” The song would eventually peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 two months later, marking Williams’s first number one single in the United States. The song was named “Rap Song of the Decade” by Billboard in 2009.

N.E.R.D’s second studio album, Fly or Die, was released in March 2004. Williams’s rock credentials were further bolstered by his appearance at the 2004 Grammy Awards, performing the Beatles’s “I Saw Her Standing There” on drums with Sting, Dave Matthews, and Vince Gill. Williams received two Grammy Awards that night, one for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, and another for Best Pop Vocal Album for his work on Justin Timberlake’s hit album Justified. They also gained their first UK number one, again with Nelly, and “Flap Your Wings”.

In 2005, Williams was voted “Best Dressed Man in the World” by Esquire. He is a fan of the science fiction series Star Trek, as indicated by his consistent use of the Vulcan salute to signify his label name, Star Trak. Williams is a skateboarder and has a half-pipe inside his home.

In 2005, Williams partnered with Japanese fashion icon Nigo to create the streetwear brands Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream footwear. Billionaire Boys Club has flagship store in SoHo, New York City and an official Ice Cream store in Tokyo, Japan. Several stores that retail Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream clothing exist across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as Asia and the Middle East. Pharrell and Nigo went on to launch the Billionaire Girls Club.

On September 9, 2005, Williams performed the opening single from his first solo album In My Mind, “Can I Have It Like That”, featuring Gwen Stefani. The single did poorly in the US, reaching only number 48. It fared better in the UK, reaching number three. Between then and the July 25, 2006 release of In My Mind, he released “Angel” (in Europe only), and later “Number One” with Kanye West. Several songs leaked to the internet before the album release, most notably “Mamacita” featuring Daddy Yankee, which was subsequently cut from the final version. “That Girl” featuring Snoop Dogg was the final single.

In November 2004, Gwen Stefani released her first debut studio album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. which featured the song Hollaback Girl, which was also produced by The Neptunes. “Hollaback Girl” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 82 on the issue dated April 2, 2005, and within six weeks of its release, it had reached the top of the chart, becoming Stefani’s first US number one.

The Dear Girl Tour was a European concert tour, in support of his second studio album, Girl. It was Williams’s first solo tour since 2006. In May 2014, Williams received an Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

A remix album of Williams’s solo debut, In My Mind, titled Out of My Mind, was recorded with his newly formed band “The Yessirs” featuring Questlove of the Roots, and was produced by Questlove and keyboardist James Poyser. However, Williams’s record label Interscope Records did not think that the album would sell well and subsequently was shelved. The album has built up a strong fanbase asking for its release. The tracks started appearing on Questlove’s MySpace, and with every 10,000 plays, a new song was made available. As of July 4, 2007, the full CD has leaked onto the internet along with two songs not featured on In My Mind: a remix of “Mamacita” and “Creamsickle”.

In 2006, the Neptunes produced Clipse’s second album, Hell Hath No Fury. Most critics labeled the album the Neptunes best production in years, and put the duo back in the charts. A year later, Williams collaborated with Madonna, on the song “Hey You”, which was available for download on the MSN website. 25 cents for each of the first one million downloads was donated to the Alliance for Climate Protection, in support of Live Earth. Later that year, Williams performed songs at the Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007. On July 7, he performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2008, Williams co-designed a series of jewelry (“Blason”) and glasses for Louis Vuitton. He has also worked on furniture with Emmanuel Perrotin and a French manufacturer, Domeau & Pérès. One of his works, a molded plastic seat with human legs, was created because he “wanted to know what it was like to be in love.” The chair depicts a sexual scene with a pair of female legs and male legs.

In April 2008, Madonna released her eleventh album, Hard Candy, which featured vocals from Williams and production from the Neptunes on several tracks. In June, an article in NME revealed that Williams was very interested in producing the Strokes’ fourth album. Later that year, Williams worked on a remix album for Maroon 5’s Call & Response.

In 2009, Williams unveiled a collaborative sculpture with Takashi Murakami at Art Basel, which spoke to the metaphor of value.

Williams continued working with a variety of artists, including Shakira on the songs ‘Did It Again’, ‘Why Wait’, ‘Good Stuff’ and ‘Long Time’ for her sixth studio album, She Wolf. In September 2009, Williams was credited as a co-writer and producer of the song “Fresh Out the Oven” for Jennifer Lopez. It was released as a buzz single from Lopez’s seventh studio album Love?. The following month, Williams made a guest appearance on French rapper Uffie’s first album, which arrived in early 2010. In late 2009, Williams worked with the rapper Game on his fourth studio album, The R.E.D. Album.

In July 2010, Williams composed the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me, produced by Hans Zimmer and recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. In October 2010, Williams and his group N.E.R.D supported Gorillaz on their Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour. On the tour, Damon Albarn recorded a song with Williams but this was not featured on Gorillaz’s album, The Fall. The following month, N.E.R.D released their fourth studio album Nothing through Williams’ label Star Trak. In late 2011, Williams worked on three tracks for Mike Posner’s second album Sky High.

On August 1, 2011, Williams launched his new YouTube channel, “i am OTHER” as part of YouTube’s $100 million original channel initiative.

In May 2011, it was announced that Williams would serve as Creative Director of KarmaloopTV alongside founder and CEO Greg Selkoe and former AMC president Katie McEnroe.

In 2011, Williams collaborated with singer Adam Lambert, co-writing two tracks for Lambert’s album Trespassing, which was released in May 2012, including the title track and “Kickin’ In”.

In 2011, Williams collaborated with singer Adam Lambert, co-writing two tracks for Lambert’s album Trespassing, which was released in May 2012, including the title track and “Kickin’ In”.

Williams composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards alongside composer Hans Zimmer. He also collaborated with Miley Cyrus on her album Bangerz and composed the new intro music for Chelsea Lately in 2012. He later contributed four tracks to The Game’s California Republic mixtape called “When My Niggas Come Home” and “It Must be Tough”; produced two tracks on Usher’s 2012 seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, titled “Twisted” and “Hot Thing”; collaborated with Mika on his new track “Celebrate”; co-produced the tracks “Sweet Life” and “Golden Girl” from Frank Ocean’s debut album Channel Orange; and is working with Solange Knowles on her third studio album.

“History will confirm it – we are in the midst of another Harlem Renaissance.” Promise Academy High School commencement speaker guaranteed the #ClassOf2019 with A-list internships at the end of their freshman year of college so they can begin their paths to successful careers.

Williams married his longtime girlfriend, model/designer Helen Lasichanh, on October 12, 2013. They have a son, Rocket Williams, born in 2008. The Despicable Me song “Rocket’s Theme” was written in honor of his son. In September 2016, they announced that they were expecting another child. In January 2017, the couple welcomed triplets.

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