In a 2014 interview with Oprah Winfrey , Pharrell exposed how Rocket got his name. "In the same way the Indians named their children after a force or animal or element," the musician said, "we named him after a man-made machine that was meant to go up, meant to ascend." Speaking to The Guardian in 2014, he described Rocket as "the best song I've ever co-written." Pharrell is expected to attend the 2017 Oscars , as Hidden Figures is nominated for Best Picture alongside Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight; he produced the movie with Peter Chernin, Donna Gigliotti, Theodore Melfi and Jenno Topping. The film, based on a true story, stars Taraji P. Henson , Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer ; it received three nominations total. The couple welcomed triplets in January, Pharrell's rep confirmed to Vanity Fair Tuesday. The rep did not provide the babies' names or sexes, but t