The Untold Truth of Pharrell Williams’ Wife – Helen Lasichanh
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia USA, on 5 April 1973 – his zodiac sign is Aries and he holds American nationality. He gained recognition in the early 1990s when he formed the duo The Neptunes together with the American singer and multi-instrumentalist Charles Edward ‘Chad’ Hugo.
Pharrell was raised alongside his two brothers in Virginia Beach by their mother Carolyn who was a high school teacher, and their father Pharaoh Williams who was a handyman. He was introduced to Chad Hugo while at a summer band camp, at which Chad played the tenor saxophone while Pharrell played the drums. The two went on to attend Princess Anne High School together, and upon matriculation in 1991, Pharrell enrolled at Northwestern University, but dropped out after two years.
In 1992, Pharrell and his friends formed the band Surrounded by Idiots, but which disbanded before they released any songs, and this led Pharrell and Chad to form The Neptunes, together with Mike Etheridge and Shay Haley.
They were mostly focused on making music for other performers such as the hit song “Rump Shaker” for Wreckx-N-Effect, “Superthug” for Noreaga and “Shake Ya Ass” for Mystikal.
Pharrell was also a member of the band N.E.R.D., and they released their first full-length album “In Search of… “ in 2001. In 2006, Pharrell launched his solo career with the release of his debut album “In My Mind”, which peaked at #3 on the Us Billboard 200 Chart. In 2010, he helped compose the music for the animated movie “Despicable Me”, together with Heitor Pereira and the famous German film score composer Hans Florian Zimmer, who might be known best for having composed the music for the movie “Gladiator”. Pharrell also helped compose the music for “Despicable Me 2”.
On 3 March 2014, he released his second solo album “Girl”, then co-wrote the music for the 2014 superhero movie “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”. On 8 February 2015 he voiced a character in the episode “Walking Big & Tall” of the animated comedy series “The Simpsons”, and most recently, in 2019 he produced five songs for the musical drama movie “The Lion King”. Concurrently in 2015, he served as the executive producer of the comedy drama movie “Dope” which starred Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons,
Pharrell is also a businessman, having launched this career in 2005 when he collaborated with the Japanese fashion designer Nigo in creating two brands, Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club. He founded the multimedia creative collective I Am Other in May 2012, and in 2014 became a partner at Adidas.
2015 saw him found the non-profit organization From One Hand to Another (FOHTA).
Pharrell likes to watch science fiction series, and his favorite is “Star Trek”.
He is an avid skateboarder and his house has a half-pipe inside it.
