Pharrell took the industry by storm when he abruptly released a stream for his upcoming album G I R L expected out on March 3rd. But unfortunately, Skateboard P’s 10-track offering made headlines for reasons other than the music.

After fans saw the album cover, which featured Pharrell and 3 lovely women standing by each other, several feminists throughout the Twittersphere voiced their displeasure. The root of their frustrations came from the fact that the cover appears to have no black women on there. Pharrell was on the Breakfast Club on Pow 105 this morning to address the situation.

Read some quotes from the interview after the break.

“What really disappointed me is they jumped the gun, because the one I’m standing closest to is black. She’s a black girl from Wisconsin that I used to date over 10 years ago. Maybe 12 years ago. That just must suck man for people to look at something and to assume they know what’s going on. If they just bothered to listen to my album, they would know that my album was an ode to women, period. And the one thing that’s I’m trying to kill…well I can’t kill anything…but the one thing I was trying to aid in changing the crazy statuesque standard of you gotta be white, waif, and thin for you to be beautiful.”

“Man, it must suck to be that black woman that’s on my cover right now because she’s black. When they find out that she is black, then what? Then we’re arguing amongst ourselves within color. Then the argument’s going to be she’s not brown enough. Then my question to you is, are y’all asking me do I have an Indian person on the cover? Why aren’t you asking about a Pakistani person? A Middle Eastern person on the cover. I just…man. What are we talking about?”

“My mom is a black woman who is a huge part of my business. My business is run by another black woman and I’m married to a black woman. What are you talking about?”

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