I look evil.
I have an interesting bucket list. Many of the goals are childhood dreams that now, because I live in Los Angeles and work in the “industry,” are somewhat attainable, including:
- Being a part of pop culture significance to the point where I get referenced in a rap song
- Meeting all the members of NSYNC (I’m 2 for 5… and given that no one has heard from Chris Kirkpatrick in years, I figure if I meet Justin and Lance, then I’ve met all of them)
- Being in a music video
- Specifically…being in a rap music video, WITHOUT being a video vixen (aka scantily clad booty-shaker aka… whore)
So that last bulletpoint wasn’t a childhood goal – rather, a modified goal inspired by the visit to Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag” music video shoot (long story short, I “investigated” by talking to the staff, discovered what it would take to be a “video girl” and concluded that one day, I would be in a rap music video without being one of THOSE girls. Oh and in case you’re wondering, they look for girls who are “ethnically ambiguous.”)
Anyway, my good friend DeStorm (who just won an American Music Award by the way, super dope) just collaborated with hiphop legend Talib Kweli on a song called “Finally Free” …so when he was looking for people to be in his video, I obviously knew… THIS WAS MY MOMENT!
So…I went to the shoot, taped a lot of behind-the-scenes footage, interacted with some fellow guest stars (like the super cute 6-year-old kid in the video whose mom when at craft services (for those not in the industry, its the catering area) refused a sandwich because… her son doesn’t like carbs), and shot my scene!
The experience can best be explained through this vlog that I posted a few days ago, teasing the upcoming video:
Anyway. Now that you’ve seen that, today is the big day… the release of DeStorm’s video collaboration with Talib Kweli, and the day I can officially cross “Being in rap music video WITHOUT being a whore” off my bucket list. Watch, and enjoy?
it is super awesome that you met Talib KWAAAALLLLI. i am jealous.