Pharrell Lanscilo Williams is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. He formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s. Williams has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. He is married to model and fashion designer Cara Delevingne, and has two children, 2 daughters, and 1 son, Jarrell and 2 sons.
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Pharrell Lanscilo Williams is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s. In 1999 he became lead vocalist of the band N. E. R. D. He released his debut solo album, In My Mind, in 2006. Williams has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for \”Happy\” ; and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures. He was featured on Daft Punk’s single \”Get Lucky\”, which won Record of the year and Best Pop DuoGroup Performance at the 56th Grammy Awards. His second album, Girl, was released in 2014. His ancestry goes back many generations in Virginia and North Carolina. One of his ancestors journeyed to West Africa in 1831, prompting other relatives to emigrate from the U.S. to Liberia in 1832. He has a daughter, Paris, and a son, 2-year-old twins, Jaden and Emmauel, who live in New York City and Los Angeles, respectively. He also has a son named Jaden, who lives in Los Angeles and works as a personal trainer. His daughter, Jazmine, is a singer-songwriter and has appeared on several albums, including The Voice, The Voice and The Voice 2, among other projects.
Williams is married to model and fashion designer Cara Delevingne, and has two children, 2 daughters, and 1 son, Jarrell and 2 sons. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with his wife, Shay Haley. He and Hugo met in a seventh-grade summer band camp, where Williams played drums and Hugo played tenor saxophone. Williams and Hugo signed Clipse to Arista Records through Williams’ Star Trak Entertainment imprint in 2001. In 2003, the Neptunes released a compilation album, Clones. In 2006, Williams released his solo album In Mymind, which debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. In 2013, he was featured in the song \”Blurred Lines\” with Robin Thicke and T. I., and his song \”Happy” was the lead single for the soundtrack of the film Despicable Me 2. The Neptune produced songs on Justin Timberlake’s debut album Justified, including the singles \”Señorita\”, \”Like I Love You\” and \”Rock Your Body\”. That year, they also worked with singer Kelis, producing her first two studio albums, Kaleidoscope and Wanderland. In 2002, Clipse released their debut album, Lord Willin’, with produced entirely by the Neptune. In the late 1990s, they worked with rap duo Clipse, and worked on Clipse’s album Exclusive Audio Footage.
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