They thk Pharrell's 'Happy' sounds like Gaye's 'A't That Peculiar'
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- PHARRELL WILLIAMS TALKS GAY MARRIAGE ON 'ELLEN'
- PHARRELL {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}PHARRELL WILLIAMS IS A PROLIFIC MIC PRODUCER, SONGWRER AND PERFORMER REGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL FIGUR HIP-HOP, R&B AND {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}BY {DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: DEC 8, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}GETTY IMAG / KEVORK DJANSEZIAN / {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1973-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS PHARRELL WILLIAMS?PHARRELL WILLIAMS WENT OM {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}TEENAGE PRODIGY TO A 13-TIME GRAMMY WNER WHILE RVG OUT A PATH AS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGAL AND VERSATILE FIGUR THE MIC DTRY. HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE FAMO PRODUCTN DUO THE NEPTUN AND -FOUND AND SANG LEAD VOLS FOR THE ALT-ROCK/HIP-HOP BAND N.E.R.D. WILLIAMS ALSO PRODUCED SONGS FOR SOME OF THE BIGGT MIC STARS, CLUDG NELLY, JAY-Z, BRNEY SPEARS, BTA RHYM, P. DIDDY, SNOOP DOGG, NO DOUBT, USHER AND LIMP BIZK. HE’S WRTEN SR AND SONGS FOR MOVI, CLUDG THE ANIMATED DPIBLE ME AND S SEQUELS. HIS SONG “HAPPY,” WRTEN FOR DPIBLE ME 2, WAS A TOP BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART H FOR 10 STRAIGHT WEEKS AND WAS NOMATED FOR AN AMY AWARD FOR BT ORIGAL SONG. “THAT SONG WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THE SAME SONG IF HAD BEEN FOR MY ALBUM,” HE SAID, “BUT BEE WAS FOR AN ANIMATN, THE ONLY THG I ULD DO WAS TO PUT PURE EMOTN TO —MAKE A SONG FOR A MAN JT WALKG DOWN THE STREET WH PURE HAPPS BEE HE FELL LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.” IN 2014, TIME MAGAZE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE THE WORLD.EARLY YEARSPHARRELL WILLIAMS WAS BORN ON APRIL 5, 1973, TO PARENTS PHAROAH WILLIAMS AND CAROLE RANDALL WILLIAMS VIRGIA BEACH, VIRGIA. HE TOLD VANY FAIR THAT HIS EARLY FLUENC WERE “HIP-HOP, HAIR BAND MIC AND GNGE.”A PERCSNIST FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND, HE MET SAXOPHONIST CHAD HUGO AT BAND MP, AND THE TWO BEME IENDS THROUGH MIC, FORMG A BAND LLED THE NEPTUN. MIC PRODUCER TEDDY RILEY SIGNED THEM, AND THE NEPTUN EVENTUALLY BEME A PRODUCTN TEAM. IN 1994, THEY PRODUCED THE SONG “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT” ON BLACKSTREET’S BUT ALBUM.N.E.R.D AND PRODUCTN CREDSTHE NEPTUN PRODUCED SONGS SUCH AS “STEAL AWAY” BY MARY J. BLIGE, “DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT” BY SNOOP DOGG AND “ROCK YOUR BODY” BY JT TIMBERLAKE. THEY WERE DUCTED TO THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME 2022. WILLIAMS, HUGO AND DMMER SHAY HALEY FORMED THE BAND N.E.R.D, WHICH RELEASED S FIRST ALBUM, IN SEARCH OF…, 2001, FOLLOWED BY FLY OR DIE (2004), SEEG SOUNDS (2008) AND NOTHG (2010). THE BAND RNED 2017 WH THE ALBUM NO_ONE EVER REALLY DI, WHICH TOOK A MORE POLIL STANCE THAN THEIR PREV WORK.WILLIAMS WON A GRAMMY 2003 FOR PRODUCG TIMBERLAKE’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM, JTIFIED. TIMBERLAKE PRAISED THE PRODUCER, WRG A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAMS, “WHEN I CID TO WORK ON MY FIRST SOLO ALBUM 2002, PHARRELL WAS THE FIRST MICIAN I SPOKE TO. I WAS 21 AND READY TO SAY SOMETHG TO THE WORLD. BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME TRANSLATE EXACTLY WHAT THAT SOMETHG WAS. I KNEW OM OUR FIRST NVERSATN THAT HE WAS THAT PERSON… HE MA ME FEARLS, AND I’VE RRIED THAT WH ME THE RT OF MY LIFE.”IN 2004, WILLIAMS WON A GRAMMY FOR PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSIL, WHICH HE PPED OFF BY PLAYG DMS AT THE GRAMMYS A QUARTET FEATURG STG, DAVE MATTHEWS AND VCE GILL A VER TRIBUTE OF THE BEATL’ CLASSIC “I SAW HER STANDG THERE.” IN 2010, HE WAS NAMED BILLBOARD’S PRODUCER OF THE DE. THE DAFT PUNK SONG “GET LUCKY,” WHICH WILLIAMS SANG ON AND -WROTE, WON THE GRAMMY FOR BT POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE AND RERD OF THE YEAR 2014.HE -WROTE AND PRODUCED ROB THICKE’S 2013 H SONG “BLURRED L,” BUT TWO YEARS LATER, A LOS ANGEL JURY FOUND THE SONG HAD GED ON THE PYRIGHT OF THE 1977 SONG "GOT TO GIVE IT UP” BY MARV GAYE. THE JURY AWARD $7.3 LN TO GAYE’S TATE, WHICH WAS LATER RCED TO AROUND $5 LN.MOVIWILLIAMS HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE TV AND MOVI. IN ADDN TO HIS WORK ON THE DPIBLE ME FILMS, HE LLABORATED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 2014 MOVIE THE AMAZG SPIR-MAN 2. HE -PRODUCED THE MOVIE HIDN FIGUR, EARNG HIM AN OSR NOMATN 2017. WILLIAMS WAS A NARRATOR THE 2018 ANIMATED MOVIE THE GRCH AND APPEARED THE 2015 FILMS ENTOURAGE AND PCH PERFECT 2. AND OM 2014 TO 2016, HE WAS A ACH ON “THE VOICE,” THE REALY TV SGG PETN.IN DISNEY’S 2019 REMAKE OF THE LN KG, WILLIAMS PRODUCED FIVE SONGS. AND FOR NETFLIX’S THE BLACK GODFATHER, HE AND HUGO -WROTE AND -PRODUCED A SONG LLED "LETTER TO MY GODFATHER.”FASHN IN AND OTHER WORKIN 2005, ESQUIRE NAMED WILLIAMS THE WORLD’S BT-DRSED MAN, PRAISG HIM FOR "JECTG DRSED-UP LUXURY TO HIP-HOP STYLE." HE TOLD THE PUBLITN, "IT'S ABOUT FORT AND FLOW. IT'S NEVER ABOUT WHETHER I'M THE BT-DRSED GUY THE ROOM. I NEVER GO, 'OH, I'M KILL' EM TONIGHT!' THGS JT NEED TO F NATURALLY. FASHN'S MORE ABOUT FEEL THAN SCIENCE."ALONG WH JAPANE MIC PRODUCER NIGO WILLIAMS, HE STARTED THE CLOTHG L BILLNAIRE BOYS CLUB AND ICE CREAM. WILLIAMS IS ALSO ACTIVE THE HOSPALY BS WH SWAN, AN DOOR/OUTDOOR RTRANT MIAMI, AND THE GOODTIME HOTEL MIAMI BEACH.IN 2019, WILLIAMS LNCHED A MULTI-DAY MIC FTIVAL HIS HOMETOWN OF VIRGIA BEACH LLED SOMETHG THE WATER (SITW). HE MOVED THE EVENT TO WASHGTON, D.C. 2022, UPSET WH VIRGIA BEACH’S RPONSE TO THE FATAL SHOOTG OF HIS , DONOVAN LYNCH, BY POLICE 2021. BUT NOVEMBER 2022, WILLIAMS SAID THE FTIVAL WOULD RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN 2023, EXPLAG, “I NEED TO E BACK HOME. THERE IS A PERVASIVE FEELG BY ALMOST EVERYONE THAT THE FTIVAL BELONGS VIRGIA BEACH, AND THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BRG BACK.”WILLIAMS STARTED A NONPROF 2008 LLED ONE HAND TO ANOTHER, AIMED AT HELPG UNRSERVED YOUTH WH TNAL TOOLS NEED FOR FUTURE SUCCS.WIFE AND CHILDRENWILLIAMS IS MARRIED TO HELEN LASICHANH. THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, CLUDG {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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PHARRELL WILLIAMS TALKS GAY MARRIAGE ON 'ELLEN'
Gaye's tate acced the mician of lyg their origal pyright se. * pharrell gay *
One uld also have speculated his s*xualy when he released his h sgle “Happy” which is another word for gay.
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HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE FAMO PRODUCTN DUO THE NEPTUN AND -FOUND AND SANG LEAD VOLS FOR THE ALT-ROCK/HIP-HOP BAND N.E.R.D. WILLIAMS ALSO PRODUCED SONGS FOR SOME OF THE BIGGT MIC STARS, CLUDG NELLY, JAY-Z, BRNEY SPEARS, BTA RHYM, P. DIDDY, SNOOP DOGG, NO DOUBT, USHER AND LIMP BIZK. HE’S WRTEN SR AND SONGS FOR MOVI, CLUDG THE ANIMATED DPIBLE ME AND S SEQUELS. HIS SONG “HAPPY,” WRTEN FOR DPIBLE ME 2, WAS A TOP BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART H FOR 10 STRAIGHT WEEKS AND WAS NOMATED FOR AN AMY AWARD FOR BT ORIGAL SONG. “THAT SONG WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THE SAME SONG IF HAD BEEN FOR MY ALBUM,” HE SAID, “BUT BEE WAS FOR AN ANIMATN, THE ONLY THG I ULD DO WAS TO PUT PURE EMOTN TO —MAKE A SONG FOR A MAN JT WALKG DOWN THE STREET WH PURE HAPPS BEE HE FELL LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.” IN 2014, TIME MAGAZE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE THE WORLD.EARLY YEARSPHARRELL WILLIAMS WAS BORN ON APRIL 5, 1973, TO PARENTS PHAROAH WILLIAMS AND CAROLE RANDALL WILLIAMS VIRGIA BEACH, VIRGIA. HE TOLD VANY FAIR THAT HIS EARLY FLUENC WERE “HIP-HOP, HAIR BAND MIC AND GNGE.”A PERCSNIST FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND, HE MET SAXOPHONIST CHAD HUGO AT BAND MP, AND THE TWO BEME IENDS THROUGH MIC, FORMG A BAND LLED THE NEPTUN. MIC PRODUCER TEDDY RILEY SIGNED THEM, AND THE NEPTUN EVENTUALLY BEME A PRODUCTN TEAM. IN 1994, THEY PRODUCED THE SONG “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT” ON BLACKSTREET’S BUT ALBUM.N.E.R.D AND PRODUCTN CREDSTHE NEPTUN PRODUCED SONGS SUCH AS “STEAL AWAY” BY MARY J. BLIGE, “DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT” BY SNOOP DOGG AND “ROCK YOUR BODY” BY JT TIMBERLAKE. THEY WERE DUCTED TO THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME 2022. WILLIAMS, HUGO AND DMMER SHAY HALEY FORMED THE BAND N.E.R.D, WHICH RELEASED S FIRST ALBUM, IN SEARCH OF…, 2001, FOLLOWED BY FLY OR DIE (2004), SEEG SOUNDS (2008) AND NOTHG (2010). THE BAND RNED 2017 WH THE ALBUM NO_ONE EVER REALLY DI, WHICH TOOK A MORE POLIL STANCE THAN THEIR PREV WORK.WILLIAMS WON A GRAMMY 2003 FOR PRODUCG TIMBERLAKE’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM, JTIFIED. TIMBERLAKE PRAISED THE PRODUCER, WRG A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAMS, “WHEN I CID TO WORK ON MY FIRST SOLO ALBUM 2002, PHARRELL WAS THE FIRST MICIAN I SPOKE TO. I WAS 21 AND READY TO SAY SOMETHG TO THE WORLD. BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME TRANSLATE EXACTLY WHAT THAT SOMETHG WAS. I KNEW OM OUR FIRST NVERSATN THAT HE WAS THAT PERSON… HE MA ME FEARLS, AND I’VE RRIED THAT WH ME THE RT OF MY LIFE.”IN 2004, WILLIAMS WON A GRAMMY FOR PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSIL, WHICH HE PPED OFF BY PLAYG DMS AT THE GRAMMYS A QUARTET FEATURG STG, DAVE MATTHEWS AND VCE GILL A VER TRIBUTE OF THE BEATL’ CLASSIC “I SAW HER STANDG THERE.” IN 2010, HE WAS NAMED BILLBOARD’S PRODUCER OF THE DE. THE DAFT PUNK SONG “GET LUCKY,” WHICH WILLIAMS SANG ON AND -WROTE, WON THE GRAMMY FOR BT POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE AND RERD OF THE YEAR 2014.HE -WROTE AND PRODUCED ROB THICKE’S 2013 H SONG “BLURRED L,” BUT TWO YEARS LATER, A LOS ANGEL JURY FOUND THE SONG HAD GED ON THE PYRIGHT OF THE 1977 SONG "GOT TO GIVE IT UP” BY MARV GAYE. THE JURY AWARD $7.3 LN TO GAYE’S TATE, WHICH WAS LATER RCED TO AROUND $5 LN.MOVIWILLIAMS HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE TV AND MOVI. IN ADDN TO HIS WORK ON THE DPIBLE ME FILMS, HE LLABORATED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 2014 MOVIE THE AMAZG SPIR-MAN 2. HE -PRODUCED THE MOVIE HIDN FIGUR, EARNG HIM AN OSR NOMATN 2017. WILLIAMS WAS A NARRATOR THE 2018 ANIMATED MOVIE THE GRCH AND APPEARED THE 2015 FILMS ENTOURAGE AND PCH PERFECT 2. AND OM 2014 TO 2016, HE WAS A ACH ON “THE VOICE,” THE REALY TV SGG PETN.IN DISNEY’S 2019 REMAKE OF THE LN KG, WILLIAMS PRODUCED FIVE SONGS. AND FOR NETFLIX’S THE BLACK GODFATHER, HE AND HUGO -WROTE AND -PRODUCED A SONG LLED "LETTER TO MY GODFATHER.”FASHN IN AND OTHER WORKIN 2005, ESQUIRE NAMED WILLIAMS THE WORLD’S BT-DRSED MAN, PRAISG HIM FOR "JECTG DRSED-UP LUXURY TO HIP-HOP STYLE." HE TOLD THE PUBLITN, "IT'S ABOUT FORT AND FLOW. IT'S NEVER ABOUT WHETHER I'M THE BT-DRSED GUY THE ROOM. I NEVER GO, 'OH, I'M KILL' EM TONIGHT!' THGS JT NEED TO F NATURALLY. FASHN'S MORE ABOUT FEEL THAN SCIENCE."ALONG WH JAPANE MIC PRODUCER NIGO WILLIAMS, HE STARTED THE CLOTHG L BILLNAIRE BOYS CLUB AND ICE CREAM. WILLIAMS IS ALSO ACTIVE THE HOSPALY BS WH SWAN, AN DOOR/OUTDOOR RTRANT MIAMI, AND THE GOODTIME HOTEL MIAMI BEACH.IN 2019, WILLIAMS LNCHED A MULTI-DAY MIC FTIVAL HIS HOMETOWN OF VIRGIA BEACH LLED SOMETHG THE WATER (SITW). HE MOVED THE EVENT TO WASHGTON, D.C. 2022, UPSET WH VIRGIA BEACH’S RPONSE TO THE FATAL SHOOTG OF HIS , DONOVAN LYNCH, BY POLICE 2021. BUT NOVEMBER 2022, WILLIAMS SAID THE FTIVAL WOULD RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN 2023, EXPLAG, “I NEED TO E BACK HOME. THERE IS A PERVASIVE FEELG BY ALMOST EVERYONE THAT THE FTIVAL BELONGS VIRGIA BEACH, AND THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BRG BACK.”WILLIAMS STARTED A NONPROF 2008 LLED ONE HAND TO ANOTHER, AIMED AT HELPG UNRSERVED YOUTH WH TNAL TOOLS NEED FOR FUTURE SUCCS.WIFE AND CHILDRENWILLIAMS IS MARRIED TO HELEN LASICHANH. 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"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.
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