PHARRELL SAY'S WHEN HE WAS 17 HIS SCOOTER WAS HIS ROLLS ROYCE! NOW HE GOT A REAL 1!

The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams may sport designer threads now — Esquire named the Billionaire Boys Club designer one of the world’s “Best Dressed Men” two years in a row — but in his teenage days, the producer enjoyed simplicity, whether it was his wheels or his hangout spot.
“When I was 17, I had a scooter and that was my Rolls-Royce,” Pharrell says on Saturday’s episode of “When I Was 17,” which also features “Jersey Shore” star Snooki and actor James Van Der Beek. “My scooter was a Honda Elite and it was black. And you couldn’t tell me anything about it because I thought it was the coolest thing ever.”

“He couldn’t afford a car, so he got the next best thing,” his N.E.R.D. bandmate Shay explained.

One half of the duo Clipse, Pusha T, remembered riding around with his friend on the nimble two-wheeler. “He’d come and pick me up on this scooter, and we’d ride everywhere throughout the city,” the Virginia native said of his and Williams’ routine.

The pair would often venture over to 7-Eleven, as the chain of convenience stores was a particular favorite of the Grammy-winning producer.

“For us, at least, it was the place to be,” Pharrell said. “Do you understand what the 7-Eleven Big Gulp was? The 7-Eleven Big Gulp was Moët. But a Slurpee? [That] was Cristal,” P said, likening the frozen drinks to fine champagne. “We over here poppin’ Slurpees, kid. That was the life. When I was 17, these were the things that mattered.”