Pharrell Tells Critics To ‘Sound Bite This’ in Rant After Backlash Over His Politics

When it comes to politics, Pharrell Williams is historically neutral. Ultimately, his reasoning is simple and incredibly idealistic. When speaking at the 5th annual Black Ambition Demo Day, he lamented how politics naturally causes an irreparable divide between people. “I hate politics– like, despise them. It’s a magic trick. It’s not real. I don’t believe in either side. Because I think when you pick a side, you are inadvertently supporting division,” he explains.

Then, Pharrell dished on diversity, equity, and inclusion and argued that people should be graded on their quality of work, not their race or gender. “Now diversity is off the table, equity’s off the table, now inclusion’s off the table. I asked myself, ‘Okay, how do we survive?’ Well, are there Black people here tonight? And i