The Neptunes, made up of producer/musicians Hugo and Williams, also represent the Beach. Among them are rapper Missy Elliott, who hails from Portsmouth, and her collaborator, uber-producer Timbaland, of Virginia Beach. Hampton Roads is home to 1.5 million people.
“All I can do is share what Pharrell and I went through, really.” “I don’t know what it was or how it exactly happened,” said Virginia Beach native Chad Hugo, one-half of the Neptunes and one-third of N.E.R.D., two of the most blazing, on-fire, buzzed-out musical entities on the planet. In the past five years, some of the nation’s top hip-hop tastemakers have begun sharing the neighborhood with Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Oceana. The coastal area of southeastern Virginia, home to generations of sailors and a modestly priced spot for beach lovers, has somewhat surprisingly emerged as a powerhouse music town. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
