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Pharrell Williams and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris are developing a stage musical about Juneteenth, the holiday African Americans celebrate to mark when slavery was abolished in Texas on June 19th, 1865. Williams will compose the music, while Barris writes the libretto with Black-ish writer and producer Peter Saji. The three …

Pharrell Williams condemned white nationalism and urged viewers to take action against racism during a rousing speech at VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors: The 90’s Game Changers, which paid tribute to artists like Master P, Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Williams did not specifically reference the clashes that took place in Charlottesville, …