Pharrell Williams pulls festival from Virginia Beach over cousin’s killing
by Maya Yang in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5QE4A)
Musician says city should have taken more proactive stance after police fatally shot his cousin there earlier this year
Pharrell Williams has pulled his popular Something in the Water festival in Virginia Beach after a police officer fatally shot his cousin there earlier this year.
City leaders had appealed to Williams to restore the festival in 2022, but Williams criticized officials' toxic energy" in a letter this week.
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