Pharrell Williams Says Making Juneteenth a Paid Holiday “Is Long Overdue”
Today is Juneteenth, and Pharrell Williams is working to make it an official paid holiday across the nation.
The 47-year-old artist appeared on Thursday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and spoke about his recent trip to his home state of Virginia to advocate for change.
"I just think it's high time that, if we're going to think about what independence and what freedom really looks like, ours was never really acknowledged," he told Jimmy Kimmel.
"I mean, yeah, there's 47 states that observe it, but that's not a paid holiday.
We deserve a paid holiday." Earlier this week, the "Happy" singer—who shares four kids with wife Helen Lasichanh—spoke at a press...
