In his past life, Pharrell Williams worked at McDonald’s before making big hits like “Superthug” by N.O.R.E. and “Milkshake” by Kelis under the name The Neptunes. The producer of the beats told BBC Radio 2 that working at the fast food chain was his “first and only” job.

“Three times I was fired.” “I was eating the chicken nuggets,” Williams told the radio station on November 6, according to Billboard. “The first two times, I did it because I was lazy.” “What are you doing?” asked the third. “Are you just sitting there and eating nuggets?”

The singer did a lot of different things, like producing and co-writing McDonald’s famous “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle in the early 2000s. Sean Evans, host of “Hot Ones,” asked him about being contacted by the company years after being fired. He said it was “ironic” and “very funny.””They used that and asked us to turn it into a song.” And I didn’t just wake up one morning and say, “I have an idea for McDonald’s!” and “Ba da ba ba ba, I love it!” He said, “It was more like putting together a jingle, an idea, and a concept that they had around it.” “They were more like, ‘Can you turn this into a song?’ and we said, ‘Sure, thing.'”

Over the years, McDonald’s has worked with a lot of rappers and pop culture stars, like Pusha T, who also helped with “I’m Lovin’ It.” Kanye West, Cardi B, Offset, Saweetie, Travis Scott, and Lil Yachty are some of the other stars. The Nuthin’ 2 Prove artist worked at the fast food chain when he was younger, just like Williams.

It was a crazy, full-circle moment for him to work with McDonald’s Canada on the “Menu Song (Remix)” after working at a McDonald’s in Atlanta. It brought back memories and was a great lesson that anything can happen in life, he said in April.