At the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards, with Pusha T standing beside him at the podium, Pharrell Williams did what he always does when someone hands him a trophy: he went back to Virginia Beach. "As a child, nobody's been evicted more times than me," he told the room. "Lights turned off, water turned off, and at times, had to pump the water. And I didn't have a name-brand sneaker until I was 16, when I could afford them for my first payche…
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