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Pharrell Williams Discusses Meeting Michael Jackson With Tyler, The Creator

A one-of-a-kind anecdote on the latest OTHERtone episode.

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“I met him two times,” explains Pharrell Williams on the latest episode of his Beats 1 Radio show OTHERtone, “talk about mind control, he was a genius!” Check out the video above to hear the full story on a young Pharrell meeting the king of pop, as an astonished Tyler, The Creator asks the questions.

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