Williams said, “As an artist, who was literally born and raised in the shadow, where the African diaspora expanded into the country that would become America, celebrating an exhibit on Black dandyism and the African diaspora is really a full circle moment. It’s literally a dream.”

Singer and designer Pharrell Williams is among the co-chairs of New York's next Met Gala, which will wade into race relations in the context of fashion, the museum announced Wednesday.