Pharrell Williams is disappointed with his beloved hometown. So much so that he has decided to cancel the second edition of his Something in the Water Festival, meant to be held as a musical celebration of and financial invigoration to the city of Virginia Beach.Williams cites the ongoing “toxic energy” of the city’s leadership with his reasoning for pulling out of the event, specifically their lack of adequate response to a violent shooting on the waterfront in March of this year that tragically claimed the life of his cousin Donovan Lynch.Upon his announcement that he would no longer bring his festival to the city, the city’s manager wrote Williams a letter expressing his disappointment and requesting a meeting with the rapper/producer to.
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