Pharrell Williams

*Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*This article is part of the Food & Liquor era.Released: September 19, 2006
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Atlantic RecordsCategory

## **Pharrell Williams**

### **Born**

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams
 (1973-04-05) April 5, 1973 (age 50)
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.

### **Occupations**

* Record producer
* rapper
* singer
* songwriter
* fashion designer
* entrepreneur

## **Musical career**

### **Genres**

* Hip hop
* R&B
* pop

### **Labels**

* Arista
* Columbia
* I Am Other
* Interscope
* Star Trak
* Virgin

### **Website**

pharrellwilliams.com

**Pharrell Lanscilo Williams** (born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. In 1992, he and Chad Hugo formed the hip hop and R&B production duo, The Neptunes. In 1999, he became lead vocalist of the band N.E.R.D., which he founded with Hugo and drummer Shay Haley. Williams has been regarded as one of the most influential and successful music producers of the 21st century, having had a significant impact on the sound of modern popular music. He was formerly part of the groups Child Rebel Soldier and All City Chess Club with Lupe Fiasco.

## Background

Williams was featured on the remix version of "Kick, Push," and helped produce the single "I Gotcha" from Fiasco's debut studio album, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor* (2006). He also appeared in the accompanying music video for the latter that was filmed on July 29, 2006, and uploaded to Atlantic Records' YouTube channel in October 2009.

In October 2007, the two performed a tribute for A Tribe Called Called Quest at Hip Hop Honors alongside Busta Rhymes and Common.

On June 24, 2010, they attended the Louis Vuitton: Paris Menswear Fashion show in Paris, France. In a 2010 interview with *HardKnock TV*, Williams said of Fiasco, "Lupe is our brother, period. If there was… a fourth member of N.E.R.D., it would probably be Lupe. That's not to say that that wouldn't happen, by the way… I'd be honored to do an N.E.R.D. album with Lupe."

In January 2012, it was reported of a collaborative album between the two, where it stated on Fiasco's website, "FOOD AND LIQUOR 2 COMING SOON….LUPE AND PHARRELL ALBUM COMING SOON…" On September 27, 2012, Williams attended Fiasco's Samsung Galaxy S III-sponsored album launch performance for *Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1* in New York City.

## Gallery

Photo by Myung J. Chun
"I Gotcha" Video Shoot, 2006Photo by Myung J. Chun
"I Gotcha" Video Shoot, 2006Photo by Jeff Kravitz
Hip Hop Honors 2007Photo by Michael Buckner
Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro Pre-Ascent Event, 2009Photo by Michael Buckner
Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro Pre-Ascent Event, 2009Photo by Terry RichardsonPhoto by Terry RichardsonPhoto by Dominique Charriau
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Dominique Charriau
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Michel Dufour
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Michel Dufour
Louis Vuitton Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2011Photo by Donald Bowers
Samsung Galaxy S III, 2012
## References

1. ↑ "Pharrell Says Lupe Fiasco Could Be Fourth Member of N\*E\*R\*D". *HipHopDX*. November 24, 2010.
2. ↑ Chandler, D.L. (January 10, 2012). "Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams Working on Collaborative Album". *HipHopWired*.