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“Such wilful, fraudulent, and malicious conduct warrants the imposition of punitive damages”: Chad Hugo is suing his old NERD and Neptunes partner Pharrell Williams

Duo are no longer on speaking terms

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Pharrell Williams sued by former Neptunes partner Chad Hugo over alleged lost earnings

The producers who helped define the sound of pop music in the 90s and 00s are in dispute over earnings from their final album as NERD

The Guardian - UK

Pharrell Williams faces fresh lawsuit from Neptunes' Chad Hugo

Pharrell Williams is being sued by his Neptunes collaborator Chad Hugo again, this time over unpaid royalties.

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“Their argument is: ‘Well, you signed it.’ I’m like: ‘Yeah, I signed what I was told, and I was too young and too stupid to double-check it.’”: Kelis and the complicated story of Milkshake

Singer claims she was ‘swindled’ by its producers

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Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out review – reunited rap greats deliver one of the albums of the year

Scathing disses, star guests, inspired Pharrell beats and great lines from chilling to laugh-out-loud: the duo’s first album since 2009 is so much more than the drama around it

The Guardian - UK

“That sarcasm became the song”: Pharrell Williams says his mega-hit Happy isn’t as sincere and joyful as you think, and that he’ll never stop loving former Neptunes partner Chad Hugo

“There's nothing that he or anyone else could do to ever make me feel differently about what we did together and what I wish for him. Nothing”

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“I love him, and I always wish him the absolute best, and I’m very grateful for our time together”: Pharrell Williams admits that he and Neptunes partner Chad Hugo are no longer on speaking terms

As a songwriting and production duo, the pair scored some of the biggest hits of the ‘00s

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Piece by Piece review – Pharrell’s Lego biopic deserves to be a blockbuster

Toronto film festival: The endlessly inventive musician gets an unlikely yet deserving biopic told via plastic bricks – a big swing that more than pays off

The Guardian - US

“He felt it was too generic at the time”: Producer Rodney Jerkins on why Michael Jackson turned down the Neptunes songs that eventually went to Justin Timberlake

“If I would have just hopped on the drum set and just started playing, he would have been like, ‘Nah, I did that with Billie Jean’”

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“Who would’ve thought that playing with these toys as a kid would evolve into a movie about my life?”: The Pharrell Williams biopic is going to be a Lego movie, and it looks like it could be pretty good

Pharrell Williams releases the trailer for his Lego biopic, Piece by Piece

MusicRadar

"Everything was so heavy at the time, so I was like, ‘Oh, you know what? I’m gonna completely do the opposite’": How Pharrell's pop production defined the sound of the ’00s and beyond

Producer, pop star, and pioneer Pharrell Williams' "skeleton songs" stripped music back to its bare essentials and prized the hook above all else

MusicRadar

Gwen Stefani and No Doubt’s greatest songs – ranked!

As No Doubt reform for Coachella, we pick out the best of their lead singer’s variously romantic and splenetic oeuvre – from Don’t Speak to Hollaback Girl

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best albums of 2023, No 9 – Amaarae: Fountain Baby

Refusing categorisation, the Ghanaian-American singer’s lavish second album tears through alté, punk, R&B, flamenco, trap, g-funk and soft rock in a voracious pursuit of pleasure

The Guardian - UK

From hip hop to Louis Vuitton — how Pharrell Williams took over the world of music and fashion

At the turn of the millennium, Pharrell Williams was in the process of making his name as one of the most coveted music producers in the world. Fast forward two decades, and he has been appointed Louis Vuitton’s next menswear creative director, a job at the pinnacle of luxury fashion.…

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Pharrell Williams: ‘Life without music would be like a human being without sense’

The singer and producer on his devotion to De La Soul, his bad acceptance speeches – and the secret to his pearly whites

Evening Standard

Pharrell Williams: “I’m at a place where I’m looking at things differently”

More than 20 years after he swaggered on to the scene, pop chameleon Pharrell Williams is still coy about his superstar status. He tells Jimi Famurewa how he might just be on the cusp of shape-shifting into the next phase of his career

Wales Online

The legendary nightclubs of Mumbles where you could wrap up a night on the famous mile

Bentley's, Neptunes and Cinderella's helped shaped a generation in Swansea

The Guardian - UK

Kelis’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

After doing battle with Beyoncé and before her new album, Dirt, we rate the best of Kelis’s career, from the ragers to the musical recipes

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Beyoncé: Renaissance review – a breathtaking, maximalist tour de force

The superstar’s seventh solo album is a kaleidoscopic barrage of disco, soul, house and dancehall that puts other post-pandemic party albums in the shade

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Elevated Holiday Gifting: Spa & Beauty Finds That Look Luxurious for Less

Give the gift of glow this holiday season with spa and beauty finds that look luxe, work wonders, and won’t break your budget — from dreamy foot masks to viral makeup essentials.

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Beyoncé edits album AGAIN after Kelis slammed her for sampling Milkshake in furious rant

Beyoncé's track, Energy, sampled Kelis' 2003 hit Milkshake, which was written by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (formerly known as The Neptunes)

The Guardian - AU

Beyoncé removes Kelis interpolation from song after Milkshake singer complains

Ending to Beyoncé’s song Energy changed after Kelis complained that the song’s writers, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, had been consulted and credited but she had not

The Guardian - AU

Beyoncé’s Renaissance: fans and critics react to one of the year’s most anticipated albums

The artist’s first record since Lemonade has been met with a blockbuster response – and a spot of controversy

The Independent UK

Mariah Carey, Neptunes to get in Songwriters Hall of Fame

Silenced for two years, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is ready to party again, welcoming a diverse set of artists for its Class of 2022

The Independent UK

Iconic producer Chad Hugo let's his music do all the talking

Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who make up the iconic producing team The Neptunes, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday

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