Today we are talking about someone who is known in music history for making music classics
and hits for the culture.
Stay tuned for more as we share interesting facts from the biography of musician and producer
Pharrell Williams.
Kicking things off with our first fact for real Williams was born on April 5th, 1973
in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Checking out our next fact music would become a part of Pharrell Williams's life at an early
age.
That is where Pharrell has openly talked about his aunt introducing him to music as they
would often sit in front of the stereo and play record after record.
Up next a musical Duo for the ages was born in high school.
That is where Williams was a percussionist in his high school band along with Chad Hugo
playing the saxophone.
The two would come together to begin making beats calling themselves The Neptunes.
Up next, the Neptunes would come upon another famous music producer's radar named Teddy
Riley.
From there that would allow Williams to write a verse for a popular hip hop classic called
Rump Shaker performed by Wrecks n Effects and also be a part of the R&B group Blackstreet's
titled album as The Neptunes produced a classic called, Tonight's The Night.
Now checking out this next fact Williams and Hugo would continue being influencers in the
world of hip Hop producing for musical artists like Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Usher, Britney Spears,
Justin Timberlake and more.
Okay now hold up.
With our next fact you can't talk about the life of Pharrell Williams without thinking
about the word happy.
That is where Williams would make a chart-topping hit for an animated cartoon in 2013, called
Happy gaining fans around the world off of the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.
And speaking of Happy of course Williams was known for making award-winning hits in the
music industry, but the single also l got him noticed by the Academy Award.
Happy landed Williams his first Academy Award nomination for the single and he also performed
live on the Oscars broadcast that year.
Up next 2013 would score Williams another musical hit, but also lead to legal problems.
That is where he co-wrote and produced the song Blurred Lines, which was sung by Robin
Thicke and featured TI and Williams as well.
Unfortunately, Even though the song was a huge hit it landed Thicke and Williams in
court for a copyright infringement on R&B legend Marvin Gaye's song Got To Give It Up.
Breaking down our ninth fact, it is all about for real Williams and fashion.
in fact Williams is so into fashion that he found it too clothing labels called Billionaire
Boys Club and Ice Cream.
and although Pharrell Williams is definitely known for his music we can't forget about
his influence in film.
Williams has appeared in movies, often playing himself or characters similar to him, like
he did in Entourage and Pitch Perfect 2.
He took on a larger role when he lent his voice as narrator to the animated feature
The Grinch, an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s children’s classic, and the voice of Alfonso
on Sing 2.
So as you can see there you just never know where a friendship can lead like the story
of Pharrell Williams and on that note I hope you enjoyed hanging with me sharing interesting
facts from his biography on Fresberg Cartoon.