When Rob Walker was contemplating a new venture in the music business, his longtime business partner Pharrell Williams suggested going back to the beginning. “Pharrell was like, take Star Trak ...

You’re just sitting there eating nuggets?'” Luckily for him, success with The Neptunes, which he formed with childhood friend Chad Hugo in 1992, was just around the corner.

Pharrell Williams is no longer speaking to his Neptunes collaborator Chad Hugo, who filed a lawsuit against him earlier this year.

Pharrell Williams is no longer speaking to his Neptunes collaborator Chad Hugo. The musicians had been friends since high school but in March, Hugo filed a trademark opposition at a federal ...

One of Pharrell’s first incarnations was the influential rock group N.E.R.D. comprising (from left) Pharrell, Chad Hugo (the two met when they were 12) and Shay Haley, who first performed with ...

Williams first broke out to fame when he made all the music charts with his bands The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. alongside producing partner Chad Hugo.

Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams are locked in a legal battle over The Neptunes name. In a trademark opposition filed last week at a federal tribunal, Hugo, 50, claims that the producer/fashion ...

Hugo claims his friend and business partner "fraudulently" sought sole control over the duo's name, while Williams' rep claims they have reached out "to share" ownership KMazur/WireImage Chad Hugo ...

Pharrell Williams and longtime collaborator Chad Hugo are involved in a legal battle over the rights to the name of their musical tandem, The Neptunes. Hugo, 50, said in court docs last week that ...

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo Locked In Legal Dispute Over ‘Neptunes’ Name Rights Hugo claims that his longtime friend and partner is trying to monopolize the name of their musical duo ...

If you ask any artist doing any sort of innovation today, they can trace their inspiration back to Pharrell Williams—more specifically, his highly influential work with Chad Hugo and Shay Haley as N.E ...

Inspired by his soundtrack experience, however, he decided to create another album with fellow N.E.R.D members, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. Their latest album, "Nothing," is what they came up with.