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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 2019 Essence Festival will feature headlining performances by Mary J. Blige and rappers NAS, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri and Missy Elliott as Essence Magazine’s “party with a purpose” turns 25 this year. Festival producers announced a partial lineup Monday, listing more than 80 artists for the event held during the July […]

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Royalty, Real Housewives and the fathers of two Kardashian babies were among the celebs that fanned out across Miami for a week of glamorous parties toasting the world’s best artists during Art Basel. Less than 24 hours after announcing she was splitting from her husband, Cardi B was spotted Wednesday […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA announced Thursday that 11-time Grammy winner Pharrell and his hip-hop-rock band N.E.R.D. will headline the halftime show at the 2018 NBA All-Star game in Los Angeles next month. Fergie, who has eight Grammys, will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to tip-off. Canadian rockers Barenaked Ladies will perform the national […]

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NEW YORK (AP) —  Usher, Pharrell Williams, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday. Grande announced Tuesday that the “One Love Manchester” show will be held at the city’s Old Trafford cricket ground just under two weeks after a bomber killed 22 people […]

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Music producer Pharrell Williams is set to be Chanel’s first ever male handbag model. The campaign will launch April 3rd and features Pharrell inside a concert hall carrying a crocodile version of the new Gabrielle bag, inspired by virtual reality goggles, Metro UK reports. His affection for Chanel has been evident for some time — […]

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The mother of Frank Ocean is the latest to publicly protest gospel singer Kim Burrell in the wake of her anti-gay sermon that went viral. In the footage, Burrell, also a pastor at Love & Liberty Fellowship Church in Houston, is shown preaching about “the perverted homosexual spirit,” and “the spirit of delusion and confusion […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Variety will host a conference of film executives and stars to discuss solutions to Hollywood’s lagging record in diversity. The conference, which Variety is to announce Monday, will include keynote conversations with Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Studios, and Pharrell Williams. The singer-producer is co-composing the score for the upcoming “Hidden […]

Gospel legend and producer Kirk Franklin has new music and he’s teamed up with Pharrell on the hit single 123 Victory. Kirk talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about how he hooked up with Pharrell, hanging out with Kanye and much more. “A DJ heard the original and said the song was dope and that […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams are asking an appellate court to overturn a copyright infringement verdict against them over the 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines.” An opening brief filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal on Wednesday contends the case should never have gone to trial and the […]

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The Gaye family will have to reach into their own pockets for the attorneys they hired to take their “Blurred Lines” fight to a jury. In March, U.S. District Court judge John A. Kronstadt tentatively ruled that he would not award legal fees to Marvin Gaye’s heirs, and on Tuesday he made it official, according […]

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Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. will not go quietly into the night. The trio behind the 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” have filed an appeal to the judgment against them in their copyright infringement case. A California judge initially ordered them to pay $7.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye after they were found […]

Marvin Gaye III and his family may have won $7.4 million dollars from Robin Thicke and Pharrell‘s Blurred Lines hit, but it looks like Gaye’s baby mama is asking for her share. TMZ.com reports: According to court docs, Gaye III owes Deanna Holly $62,564.44 in back child support … and L.A. county stepped in to […]