ICYMI: Pharrell’s ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Grammy Performance
Credit singer Pharrell Williams for transforming his exhausted, saccharine hit into a Grammy protest against police officers' killing of black men. Because he's happy.Credit singer Pharrell Williams for transforming his exhausted, saccharine hit into a Grammy protest against police officers’ killing of black men. Because he’s happy.
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