Pharrell Williams

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Issa Rae built an empire of awkward, but she's still not satisfied

With a hit web series and a potential show coming on HBO, comedian Issa Rae is making her akwardness pay off. The Senegalese immigrant to the US says she "didn't know how to be black," and never quite fit in with any group of kids around her. But that's proved to be a gold mine for comedy.

Issa Rae built an empire of awkward, but she's still not satisfied
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 12, 2014

It's not OK to wear a Native American headdress at this Canadian music festival

It's not OK to wear a Native American headdress at this Canadian music festival
Developer Maximiliano Firtman wears a prototype Google Glass device in November 2013.

Dubai's traffic cops are getting Google Glasses

Dubai's traffic cops are getting Google Glasses
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Iranian hardliners jail young people because they're being too Happy

Iranian hardliners jail young people because they're being too Happy

This photo of male chauvinism in Delhi has gone viral

This photo of male chauvinism in Delhi has gone viral
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This one music video has started a global wave of happiness

Pharrell Williams' feel-good music video for "Happy" inspired fans around the globe to create dance moves to his hit song. Now, he wants to harness that energy to promote the United Nations' International Day of Happiness.

This one music video has started a global wave of happiness
French electronic duo Daft Punk

Daft Punk does something no other French music group has

Sunday night at the Grammys, Daft Punk was at the center of everything. The French musical duo, made mainstream by its summer hit Get Lucky, took home four Grammys, more than any French music group before it.

Daft Punk does something no other French music group has

Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli releases 'Prisoner of Conscious'

Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli on Pussy Riot, the Arab Spring and writing conscious rap.

Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli releases 'Prisoner of Conscious'