Despite only making a brief cameo, Young Thug’s “Wyclef Jean” video has taken the Internet by storm. The inventive video, which has racked up over three million views since its release on Monday night, is like the breaking of the fourth wall — the Deadpool of music videos, as The Ringer puts it.
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As entertaining as the final product is, the shoot itself wasn’t quite as thrilling. This behind-the-scenes video from VICE, who were on hand filming an upcoming episode of VICELAND’s Noisey, gives us a first-hand look at “what it’s like to spend 10 hours waiting for Young Thug at his $100,000 video shoot.” To kill time, host Zach Goldbaum spoke with a few of the models, as well as the little kid Thug flew in from Mississippi (Corey J, aka Lil C-Note, for short).
As you can see, the shoot was nothing special, which only makes the Pomp&Clout-directed video all the more impressive.
