Pharrell Williams and former Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie are set to headline the NBA All-Star Game half-time show, which makes you wonder if the league really has a clue about attracting younger fans by featuring over-40 performers. Williams is 44 and Fergie, real name Stacy Ann Ferguson, is 42, which track with the average age of 42 for TV viewers....
What do Ariana Grande and Justin Timberlake have in common? When it comes to music, both artists are guilty of using the same producer. Artists who share producers inevitably come up with music that sounds the same, and that’s not good for the business or fans. ...
Pharrell Williams may get half a loaf in his bid for a new trial in the “Blurred Lines” copyright case that stunned the music industry after a jury awarded $7.4 million to the family of late-singer Marvin Gaye. In a hearing on motions in the case yesterday (June 29), federal district court Judge John Kronstadt said he was leaning against Williams’ request for a new trial. But he called the $1.6 million jury award against the singer and producer “excessive.”...
Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, the newest coaches on ABC’s “The Voice,” gave a glimpse of what they’ll bring to the show last night (May 6) with a kickin’ rendition of Stefani’s 2004 hit, “Hollaback Girl.” The song has a lot of meaning for both. The song appeared on Stefani’s debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby and Pharrell co-wrote it with her and Chad Hugo....
Jay-Z didn’t invent the commercial tie-in to new music, but he exploited it to perfection in a surprise three-minute tease for his upcoming album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, that doubles as a Samsung commercial....
Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams show they haven’t lost their touch, harmonizing as sweetly as ever on the new single, “Nuclear,” off their upcoming compilation album. The song will be the only original off the trio’s upcoming Love Songs. But if the album does well, who knows? It could lead to something even bigger....
Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad formed the core of '80s rap and hip-hop pioneer A Tribe C...