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By Sarah Preston
Never before had two beautiful Playboy models gone so unnoticed as when hip-hop whiz kids Pharrell Williams and Shae Haley, two-thirds of band-of-the-moment N.E.R.D.,
strutted into Playboy's Chicago headquarters for their Celebrity Guest Photographer shoot. The studio prop distracting the artists' attention: a 65-pound albino Burmese Python named Banana.
Sporting duds from his baggy Billionaire Boys Club line, Williams coolly surveyed the circus-themed set when he arrived, but steered clear of the caged yellow serpent. When asked if he minded posing with it, the renowned hip-hop producer from the Neptunes, who's worked with everyone from Jay-Z to Justin Timberlake, remarked, "As long as the head is five inches to the left, and I'm five inches to the right."
It wasn't long before Williams loosened up and his subject, Miss March 2004 Sandra Hubby, dressed down for their steamy photo session. The seemingly laid-back producer showed the same bravado behind the lens that he exhibits onstage as the frontman for N.E.R.D. "Turn around for me while you take it off," he instructed. "Take it all the way off."
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