Pharrell Williams (aka Skateboard P) is a songwriter, singer, and rapper, from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is the songwriter for hip-hop production duo, The Neptunes, alongside with Chad Hugo. In addition, he is the lead singer and drummer for funk/rock group N*E*R*D, with Hugo and Shae Haley. He also is a budding solo artist, both as a singer and rapper. Pharrell and Hugo first met each other in Junior School and after graduating from high school, together formed The Neptunes.
In 1998, they scored their first major production hit was with N.O.R.E.s Superthug, which would climb to #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thereafter, the pair would go on to produce Kelis first album, Kaleidoscope, as well as OlDirty Bastards record, Got your money. The duo would later work with Mystikal on his Shake Ya Ass single and also with Diddys single, Diddy. In both songs, Pharrell sang the hook.
In 2001, Pharrell, Hugo, and Haley released their first album, In Search Of (electronic), as N*E*R*D in Europe. Before its worldwide release in 2002, the group reworked the N*E*R*D sound to make it more unique and re-recorded the album with the funk-rock band, Spymob. In August...
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