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Pharrell’s Career Highlights—A Life Committed to Music P harrell Williams is a phenomenon of the universe. This multi-talented musician, record producer, singer, rapper, actor, film producer, fashion designer, educator, and philanthropist hit the ground running when he was a teen

and has never looked back. As part of the music production duo The Neptunes, Pharrell created a unique sound that many R&B and hip-hop artists used, dating from the late 1990s. He is a founding member of the 1999 funk-rock band NE*R*D. In 2003, Pharrell came out with his first solo single, Frontin’, followed by the release of I n M y M ind , his first solo album, in 2006. His meteoric rise to fame accelerated in 2013 when he hit number one on charts around the globe with the amazing soundtrack from the movie Despicable Me 2 , including the blockbuster hit Happy . Pharrell is passionate about many things in his life, including fashion and design. Two very successful fashion labels were co-founded by him—Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club—and he has collaborated with many

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