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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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From Blurred Lines to Genie in a Bottle: the late director Diane Martel’s best music videos

Last week, the celebrated US music video director died of breast cancer aged 63. We chart her best – and most controversial – music videos

The Guardian - UK

Norman and the NERD: Google insider spills beans on how the quest for clean nuclear energy went ballistic at one of the world's largest technology companies with a weird detour via cold fusion

Google's nuclear energy pursuit combined policy innovation, machine learning, fusion breakthroughs, and cold fusion experiments.

TechRadar

Nerd World Order: The Fighting Nerds and their quest for ‘bully payback time’

Led by Caio Borralho and coach Pablo Sucupira, Nerds are taking over the UFC – and they're looking for revenge.

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"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

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Pharrell Williams says he’s been working on new NERD music: “I wanted great chords. I want to use chords I never used before”

“I’ll just come out of nowhere with the three-bar, crazy-nuts chords that go three-bar to four-bar to eight-bar”

MusicRadar

Kelis review, Glastonbury Festival 2023: A sublime, genre-hopping performance that is more party than show

Still one of the best voices in music, Kelis does not disappoint at her first headline Glastonbury show

The Independent 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.…

Evening Standard

‘Neil Diamond is a G, but Sweet Caroline is not for me’: Clara Amfo’s honest playlist

The presenter enjoys trying to take on Mariah at karaoke and finds Solange a spiritual experience, but is she ready to face the wrath of football Twitter?

The Guardian - UK

Rihanna confirms the Super Bowl half-time show ‒ but which songs will she perform?

The news has sent a ripple across the internet

Evening Standard

Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

It’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers

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