Pharrell Williams Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous singles for various recording artists. Williams has earned ten Grammy Awards including two with the Neptunes. 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 owns i am OTHER, a multimedia creative collective that serves as an umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams' endeavors, including Billionaire Boys Club. Williams was born on April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the oldest of three sons of
Freedom (Pharrell Williams song) Freedom (Pharrell Williams song) "Freedom" (stylized as Freedom!) is a song by Pharrell Williams which was released for streaming on Apple Music and played by Zane Lowe on his show on Beats 1 on its launch date of June 30, 2015. Part of the song was made available as a teaser on Williams' Twitter page and was also used in a promotional video for Apple Music. Its music video was nominated for Best Music Video at 58th Grammy Awards. The song is included on the soundtrack album of the film "Despicable Me 3". Writing for MusicSnake, Marissa Fitzgerald gave the