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Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z have dropped a new collaboration in honor of “every Black queen, king and entrepreneur.” The “Happy” hitmaker’s group The Neptunes produced the track titled “Entrepreneur,” which comes with a powerful music video. Pharrell tweeted: “ENTREPRENEUR out now. Thank you to Jay (@S_C_), and to every Black queen, king and entrepreneur who…

Pharrell Williams has joined the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s board of directors. The 47-year-old “Happy” hitmaker and a number of record label executives have become members of the board and will oversee this year’s induction, which finds Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., the Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex…

Kelis onstage at The Lovebox music festival held in Victoria Park, Hackney, London. Photo credit:: VAN LY / Splash News) Kelis claims she was “blatantly lied to and tricked” by Pharrell Williams. The “Milkshake” singer has claimed she was lied to about what contract she was signing with The Neptunes — made up of close…

Pharrell Williams is helping to shape the futures of 114 Harlem high school graduates. The “Happy” hitmaker has promised “A-list internships” to every 2019 graduate of Promise Academy’s two high schools, providing they go to college and finish their first year. Speaking in a keynote speech delivered last week, Williams said: “The world is watching…

Twitter is abuzz with positive reviews for Tyler, the Creator’s latest album which he dropped on Friday, May 17, 2019. Prior to the release of his fifth studio album, Igor, the 28-year-old rapper left what some have described as an instructional note for how fans should listen to his latest work. “I believe the first…

Gritz and Jelly Butter is one of the top live cover bands in Atlanta. The band consists of Ruben Royster (bass guitarist/upright bass), Jameel Winston (keyboard & vocals), and Lamar Khalid Rahmaad (percussionist). The trio stopped by rolling out studios to discuss the impact of its soulful R&B and jazz sound in the south. They…

Pusha T admits it will be hard for him “to top” 2018. The 41-year-old rap star has enjoyed a hugely successful 12-month spell in his career, which has included the release of his album Daytona and a Grammy nomination, but Pusha is still looking forward to 2019 with excitement. He told Essence magazine: “2018 was pretty great all around…

Snoop Dogg thanked himself when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. The 47-year-old rapper-actor paid tribute to a number of key figures in his life, including his parents, wife Shante — the mother of three of his children, Corde, 24, Cordell, 21, and Cori, 19 — Warren G,…

Rihanna has called for Donald Trump to stop using her music at his rallies. The “Disturbia” hitmaker was fuming when she realized the Trump played “Don’t Stop The Music” at a rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Responding to a man, who revealed that Trump was using her music, she wrote: “Not for much longer…me nor my people would…

Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams was outraged that Donald Trump had the audacity to use his blockbuster hit song “Happy” at a rally on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, without his permission. Pharrell was also incensed that Trump did so so just hours after yet another instance of mass murder in America. The prolific musician and Oscar-nominated hitmaker accuses…

Pusha T has married his longtime partner. The 41-year-old rapper — whose real name is Terrence LeVarr Thornton — married partner Virginia Williams in a star-studded ceremony officiated by his brother at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Pusha had his close friend, “Happy” hitmaker Pharrell Williams, by his…

Pharrell Williams is set to launch, jewelry and cosmetics lines. The “Blurred Lines” hitmaker released his last solo album, G I R L, almost four years ago but it seems he’s planning to extend the reach of the record further after getting the approval to use the names “Girl By Pharrell Williams” and “Pharrell Williams…

Some of the biggest names in music are joining forces for a good cause. Following the White-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, where protesters holding flaming torches while totting guns and baring Nazi symbols marched to protest the town’s removal of a statue of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee, many across the nation were…

The Pharrell Williams’ executive-produced “True and the Rainbow Kingdom” debuts exclusively on Netflix on Friday, August 11. “True and the Rainbow Kingdom: is a fun-filled CGI preschool series inspired by Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III’s FriendsWithYou, a fine art collective that fuses minimalism with the aesthetic of pop art, promoting “magic, luck and friendship.”…

On Saturday, June 3, 2017, Chicagoans gathered at the MC for the Artedge gala to commence the Museum of Contemporary Art’s 50th anniversary and caught an exclusive preview of The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg exhibition curated by Takashi Murakami. The exhibition marks Murakami’s first museum recollective in North America in over a decade. Over 600 guests…

Super music producer and “Happy” singer Pharrell Williams, 43, and his wife Helen Lasichanh, 36, welcome triplets. “The Voice” coach dated Helen for five years before they married in Miami in October 2013. Their first born is Rocket, 8, who was “named after a machine.” He told Oprah in 2014, “In the same way the…

Pharrell Williams sits down with the team at HOT 97/WBLS 107.5 morning crew and chats about the new film ‘Hidden Figures,’ his hit song ‘Happy’ and what’s really important to him.

This is a big year for one of the most anointed voices in music. Grammy Award-nominee and Stellar Award-winner Kim Burrell is set to perform at the Bayou Classic this weekend in New Orleans. And she is featured on the single “I See A Victory” from the Hidden Figures original soundtrack produced by Pharrell Williams, which is…

Producer and key composer of the upcoming film, ‘Hidden Figures’, Pharrell Williams releases two new tracks, “Surrender” featuring Lalah Hathaway from the movie soundtrack.

Pharrell Williams has endorsed Hillary Clinton. This week, during a sit down with Variety‘s editor-at-large, Michael Schneider, the 43-year-old music producer got candid about his thoughts on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s treatment of women. Williams admitted he’s “praying for the human condition.” “I’m praying for women, I’m praying that we make better decisions,” the…