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Trivia
Birth name: Pharrell Williams
Date of birth: 5 April 1973
Place of birth: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Nickname: Pha-real, Lil' Skateboard P, P. Willy
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Pharrell was born to Pharaoh Williams Jr. and Carolyn Hoggard in Virginia Beach, VA.
He has two younger brothers, Cato and Psoloman and two half-brothers, Pharoah Williams III and David Williams.
Cato is a professional skateboarder. David is a Business Owner in Delaware, and Pharoah III is an up-and-coming music producer.
He also has two sisters: Hope Williams and Carrie Parks.
The Neptunes have a record label under Arista Records called Star Trak
Entertainment.
He has a half-pipe inside his home, and is one of few rappers who skateboard, although he cannot do any tricks.
In 1990s Chad and Pharrell formed a 4-piece "R&B type" group along with friends Shae and Mike Etheridge, which they named The Neptunes.
Pharrell and Chad met, despite going to different schools, at a jazz workshop at age 12 where Williams was a drummer and Hugo played tenor saxophone.
Lead vocalist of the hip hop group N.E.R.D. (No One Ever really Dies)
along with Neptunes partner Chad Hugo and rapper Shay.
He is a big fan of Star Trek, as indicated by his choice of label name.
N.E.R.D. does a small tour of the U.S. at clubs, parks, and other small
venues. [Summer 2002].
He is an owner of 1 of the 399 Enzo Ferraris.
A survey in August 2003 found the Neptunes produced almost 20% of songs played on British radio at the time, a survey in the US had them at 43%.
One half of The Neptunes, one of the biggest music producing teams
working today. Has produced hits for music acts ranging from pop acts Britney
Spears and *NSYNC, bands No
Doubt and Limp Bizkit, R&B crooners Babyface and Usher,
to rappers Nelly,
Jay-Z, Ray
J, Noreaga, Busta
Rhymes, Mystikal, P. Diddy, Ludacris,
Ma$e, and Fabolous among many others.
Grew up in Virginia Beach with lifelong friend and producing partner
Chad Hugo.
On the ABC show "Nightline" Pharrell said, "I could always visualize what I was hearing" and "It was always like weird colors," suggesting he may have synesthesia."Nightline"
Attended Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach. Teddy Riley built
his studio Future Records next to Princess Anne HS.
He is often seen wearing a trucker hat, as Chad's dad did before.
Parents: Pharoah and Carolyn Williams.
In 2005, he was voted "Best Dressed Man in the World" by Esquire
magazine. His look has inspired such acts as Mario and Eric West.
Has 2 younger brothers, Cato and Solomon. Cato is a professional
skateboarder. There is a 10 year age difference between Pharrell and
Cato and a 20 year age difference between Pharrell and Solomon.
He has two half brothers, Pharoah and David. David is a furniture
salesmen in Delaware.
Was among the guests at Usher
Raymond's 26th birthday party.
Has his own clothing line name BBC (billionare boys club).
On Good Morning America, he confirmed his idol is the astronomer Carl
Sagan.
Collabarated with Gwen
Stefani, Jay-Z,
Slim Thug, Snoop
Dogg, Pusha T, Kanye
West and Nelly on his debut solo album In My Mind.
He's said that he's a big fan of animation, he regularly watches Disney movies and admits he's a big Smurfs fan.
On September 9, 2005, Pharrell performed the opening single from his debut solo album "In My Mind". The song, titled "Can I Have It Like That", featuring
Gwen Stefani did not do well in the US, reaching only #48; however, it faired better in the UK, reaching #3.
Between then and the release of "In My Mind" (on July 24, 2006), he released "Angel (Europe only), and later Number 1 with fellow producer/rapper
Kanye
West.
Several songs were also leaked to the internet before the album was released, most notably "Mamacita" featuring Daddy Yankee, which was subsequently cut from the final version. "That Girl" featuring
Snoop Dogg is confirmed to be the fourth single.
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