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.Speaking at the announcement of the exhibit and theme on Wednesday,

The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum launch an exhibit examining Black style in menswear over the centuries.