Best Of: Pharrell Williams / Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Grammy-winning producer, singer, songwriter and rapper Pharrell Williams has a new animated biopic called Piece by Piece. He talks with Tonya Mosley about synesthesia and collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Kelis, and Gwen Stefani.

We'll also hear from Riley Keough, Elvis's granddaughter and Lisa Marie Presley's daughter. She talks about the memoir she co-authored with her late mother. Before her unexpected death, Lisa Marie chronicled her childhood, her marriage to Michael Jackson, and growing up in Elvis's shadow.

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0:22.6	From W.H.Y. in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Mosley with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:27.5	Today, Grammy-winning producer, singer, songwriter, and rapper Ferrell Williams on his life told through Legos. writer and
0:33.7	rapper Ferrell Williams on his life told through Legos in his new animated biopic
0:37.0	piece by piece. The film traces Ferrell's life in Virginia Beach
0:41.4	fueled by the creativity and music around him, and his collaborations
0:45.4	with artists like Jay-Z, Snoop Dog, Gwen Stefani, and Beyonce.
0:50.0	It also explores his journey with synesthesia, a condition that causes him to see color when he hears music.
0:57.1	We'll also hear from Riley Keio, Elvis's granddaughter and Lisa Marie Presley's daughter.
1:02.2	She talks with me about the memoir she co-authored
1:04.4	with her late mother who before her unexpected death chronicled her childhood,
1:09.4	her marriage to Michael Jackson and memories of her father Elvis.
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