In 1994, Hugo and Williams had established themselves as a production duo under their old name "The Neptunes", and assistant-produced "Tonight's The Night" from Blackstreet's self-titled album. Williams and Hugo met rap duo Clipse in Virginia Beach in 1993, where they later signed to Arista Records through Williams' Star Trak Entertainment imprint in 2002. That same year, he also performed a small rap solo on SWV's second hit, "Right Here (UK Remix)". Through working with Riley, Williams went on to write a verse and help produce for Wreckx-N-Effect's 1992 hit " Rump Shaker". After graduating from high school, the group signed with Riley. They later entered a high school talent show where they were discovered by Teddy Riley, whose studio was next to Princess Anne High School. In the early 1990s, Hugo and Williams formed a four-piece "R&B-type" group, the Neptunes, with friends Shay Haley and Mike Etheridge. Williams attended Northwestern University for two years before dropping out. In the MTV show When I Was 17, Pharrell stated that he was a nerd and often did things that made him stand out from most of his peers. Williams and Hugo attended Princess Anne High School where he played in the school band there Pharrell got the name Skateboard P. They were also both members of a marching band Williams played the snare drum while Hugo was drum major. He met Chad Hugo in a seventh-grade summer band camp where Williams played the keyboards and drums and Hugo played tenor saxophone. His roots extend for generations in Virginia and North Carolina, and one of his ancestors journeyed to West Africa in 1831, prompting other relatives to emigrate from America to Liberia in 1832. Pharrell Lanscileo Williams was born on April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the oldest of three sons of Pharaoh Williams, a handyman, and his wife Carolyn, a teacher. Williams owns I Am Other, a multimedia creative collective that serves as an umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams' endeavors, including Billionaire Boys Club. He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee, receiving a 2014 Best Original Song nomination for "Happy" (which was featured in Despicable Me 2) and a 2017 Best Picture nomination as one of the producers of Hidden Figures. Williams has earned thirteen Grammy Awards including two with the Neptunes.
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