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D Pharrell Williams. It's a pure rap number, with no melodic vocals from the Barbadian goddess, but she proves to be just as good at spoken word as she is at singing. Rihanna at Fenty Beauty launch. Directed by Todd Tourso and Scott Cudmore, the new video for the track, which dropped on Wednesday November 1st , has already received more than three million views and kicks off with Rihanna shaving the head of a female dancer named Mette Towley who has been part of Pharrell's dance troupe The Baes since Pharrell Williams.

The 44 year old Grammy winning musician and producer has teamed up with ROLI, a platform for next-generation instrumentation set up by Roland Lamb, as a major investor in the company, becoming one of its co-owners in the process as per a long-term agreement between the parties. Pharrell Williams knelt down in protest at the 'Concert for Charlottesville' event on Sunday Pharrell Williams knelt down in protest as he joined a star-studded line up for the 'Concert for Charlottesville' on Sunday night During his hit-filled set - which included the songs 'Freedom', 'Happy' and his Daft Punk collaboration 'Get Lucky' - the star made reference to Donald Trump's condemnation of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.

Pharrell Williams might make a really cute father, but you may be less enamoured to discover that he never does any of the dirty work when it comes to raising his triplets with his wife Helen Lasichanh.

However, he does have a lot of respect for her. During an interview on the 'Today' show, Pharrell talked about his 'tribe'; he and Helen now have four children including 5-month-old triplets and 8-year-old son Rocket Williams. We are yet to discover the names of the three new bundles of joy, but Pharrell sure isn't getting to know the messy side of parenthood.

Pharrell Williams Helen Lasichanh. The intensely private couple have been keeping their exciting news quiet, but speaking to Vanity Fair a rep confirmed that the bundles of joy arrived earlier this month.

Pharrell Williams and wife Helen Lasichanh have announced they welcomed triplets earlier this month. Continue reading: Three Times The Joy! The siblings sat down with Pharrell Williams for the latest issue of Interview magazine and explained how they make the best use social media, as opposed to their friends who are just 'Instagram famous'. London, United Kingdom - Sunday 10th July Pharrell played as a warm-up act for Stevie Wonder who was playing his album 'Songs in the Key of Life' in full.

In the recently published tapes Thicke says he was drunk and high on Vicodin when being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in The singer made the revelation during videotaped depositions ahead of the 'Blurred Lines' plagiarism trail, which were obtained and published by The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday.

Williams remembers that there was no homegrown musical legacy in Virginia Beach to serve as any sort of future inspiration for him, but his aunt did introduce him to a world of influences. Together, he told CosmoGirl writer Lauren Brown, they would "sit in front of the stereo and just play records. She was a singer-songwriter type of person—like, she loved Stevie Wonder—and I got all that from her. Williams met Chad Hugo while both were playing in the school jazz band in seventh grade.

They soon began making music on their own, with Williams on drums and Hugo playing the saxophone. Both went on to an art and music-focused high school in Virginia Beach, and Williams joined his first outfit around , a rap act called Surrounded by Idiots.

One of the other members was a local D. Impressed, Riley signed Williams and Hugo to a production deal, and they began using the "Neptunes" name professionally. Their first hit came when both were still in high school. Wreckx-n-Effect's "Rump Shaker" helped propel the album to No.

But Williams recalled he had a tough time juggling school and the music business at times. After spending a few more years under the tutelage of Riley, Williams and Hugo broke out on their own. It also cemented their reputation as up-and-comers in the production business, and they went on to achieve a string of notable successes, including Britney Spears' "I'm A Slave 4 U" in At one point in , 20 percent of all songs receiving air time on British radio had Williams' touch.

The music industry took note and in , the Neptunes walked away with the coveted producer of the year award at the Grammys. In the early s, Williams and Hugo stepped out from behind the scenes and became front-stage material when they formed their own group, called N.

Since then, Williams has spent a lot of time on the road touring to promote the albums. Though Williams exudes a city-slick, tough-as-nails playboy persona by sporting "bling" diamond jewelry , wearing his ball cap tipped to the side and dropping plenty of expletives into each conversation, he is really a nerdy suburbanite at heart. His father was a handyman and house painter and his mother was a teacher. Williams' success has brought him plenty of money, in stark contrast to his upbringing.

He grew up in a household where paying the bills posed a problem at times. Williams helped his parents out by buying them a house after he made it big. Growing up, Williams' musical influences were just as diverse as the music he now produces.

Since childhood, Williams has made a point of allowing himself to enjoy all types of music by not tying his identity to any one genre. Williams took a personal interest in music in seventh grade after his grandmother suggested he join the school band.

He took her advice and chose to become a percussionist. Williams' involvement in school bands as an adolescent provided two key tools for his adult success—the ability to read music and discipline, which he learned as a member of a marching band drum line.

I got that from band camp. We were pushed on a military level. The school band also provided a backdrop for his friendship with Hugo, a boy who attended the same Virginia Beach school for gifted children as Williams.

Hugo played saxophone. They became fast pals and spent their free time experimenting with samplers and beat production. By eleventh grade, they were calling themselves the Neptunes and were discovered by a scout for music producer Teddy Riley while performing in a school talent show. Riley, who had collaborated with Michael Jackson, had a studio near their school.

Riley let them work on songs and make some tracks at his studio. It appeared on the group's second album, Hard or Smooth. Pretty impressive. The Neptunes produced JT's debut album 'Justified' Pharrell helped it to become certified three times platinum album, although the singer has admittedi in the past that he actually wrote the songs for Michael Jackon. Pharrell went to band camp.

When Pharrell was a child, his mum was a teacher, his dad a handyman It's unclear where Pharrel's musical genes came from, as his mum was a teacher and his dad who's called Pharaoh by the way, was a handyman.

The Neptunes produced Britney Spears 'Slave 4 U' It was the producing duo's first number one single when it topped the charts in an achievement that would get them noticed in the industry and lead to many more hook-ups. His nickname in high school was 'Skateboard P' Pharrell's brother is a professional skateboarder, but obviously, Pharrell's career was destined for a different destination.

He sold over 2 million records in the UK in By July there had only been singles in UK chart history to have sold 1 million copies in the UK; that month Pharrell scored two million-sellers with 'Get Lucky' and 'Blurred Lines'. His second solo album will be released this year Pharrell has previously only released one other solo album, 'In My Mind,' back in Pharrell released the first hour music video. He's worked with almost everyone. Pharrell plays the drums and keyboard He was a member of the marching band in school, pretty hip hop if you ask us.