How a chance encounter with Pharrell Williams changed Humble The Poet's life
Mercedes Grundy | CBC Arts | Posted: March 23, 2017 8:34 PM | Last Updated: March 23, 2017
'He ended up saying a lot of very profound things to me'
Once upon a time, rapper and author Humble The Poet was heading to an exclusive Google event in Italy when an encounter on a bus with Pharrell Williams changed his life.
Sound like a dream? It's not. Don't believe us? Just listen to Humble tell the story of the life-changing advice he received from the beloved musician.
He was sitting right behind me and I got to turn around and kind of hug my seat and pick his brain for an hour. - Humble The Poet
Right in time for Canada Reads — where Humble will be defending André Alexis' Fifteen Dogs as the book that all Canadians need to read in 2017 — we sat down with the artist to hear about the very special lesson he learned from Pharrell, and how it made him rethink his own work.
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