If I feel that somebody is hurting other people, then I’m going to make sure other people know other people know about them. But at the end of the day, I’m always going to stand by my morals. “I decided not to work with him even though it was unpopular and people from my own culture like Just Blaze and Wood Harris would publicly say I approached it wrong. Due to Pimp Cs refusal to fly to Trinidad, his verse and the videos closing scenes were filmed in Miami Beach, Florida. “I felt that he was disrespecting black culture and also the culture of women,” he added. The music video was shot in Trinidad during its Carnival, and features Jay-Z and Bun B on a music truck dispensing money into the crowd and partying on a lavish yacht. The urban myth was brought back into the mainstream thanks to Cam’ron’s “Once Upon a Time” track.
“Harvey was not trying to put out my movie and I had to get aggressive and if I didn’t, you probably wouldn’t have not seen it.” “Someone did get smacked on the set and I had to go to court about it,” he said. Since the movie was distributed by Weinstein’s Miramax Films, the producer demanded say in how the project was executed. As the story goes, Dash allegedly slapped the producer over disagreements over the film. I wouldn’t do that now.”ĭash’s larger conversation with TMZ centered on his issues with Harvey Weinstein during the creation of Paid In Full. “I’m sorry to all the girls that I poured champagne… I’m not gonna say… because it was Champagne Dame, but I’m not gonna say that excuses it, but I do apologize. If my son even did that I would be appalled,” he told Hip Hop Motivation.
“When I had daughters I realized that I wouldn’t never do anything to a girl that I wouldn’t want done to my own daughter.”ĭash previously apologized for his actions connected to the video back in 2014. “There’s things that I see that I did on videos when I was younger that I be like, ‘Damn, I was bugging.’ Champagne Dame, that dude, he was bugging. “I wouldn’t want my daughter to go through that and if I ever saw my son Boogie doing that we would have some serious issues,” he said. It is this notion of a young king finding his journey - which undoubtedly has taken on new meaning and resonance following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd - which led Beyoncé to dedicate the movie to her son, Sir.The co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records says his children gave him a different perspective about the importance of respecting women. The 'labour of love', which has been in the works for a year, is a re-telling of The Lion King story - accompanied by the song's from Bey's album accompaniment to the film, The Gift - celebrating Black excellence, nobility and beauty following a young boy's journey from birth to adulthood.
On Friday (July 31st), Beyoncé released her long-awaited Disney Plus project Black Is King.
Update 03/08/20: Beyoncé's Twins Rumi And Sir Star In Black Is King
Acknowledging the struggles that 2020 brought, Beyoncé addressed the Beyhive with an encouraging message, wishing for a 'better and brighter 2021', telling fans to 'celebrate that you are an important individual who contributes to our beautiful collective'.īeyoncé and Jay-Z's eldest daughter Blue Ivy is also featured in the video, with a compilation of news headlines showing that the eight-year-old has been nominated for a Grammy (for her vocal performance on 'Brown Skin Girl') and a BTS clip of Blue recording the vocals too. Update 04/01/21: Beyoncé Shares Personal Videos Of Rumi, Sir and Blue on Instagramīeyoncé is famously private and restricted on social media but over the past couple of years has ended each year with a compilation of videos celebrating hers, her family's and her fans' achievements, successes and celebrations throughout the year.Īnd despite the challenges of the past year, the 24-time Grammy winner did the same for 2020. Appropriately, the beat contains a sample from the theme song of the James Bond. One photo showed Rumi approaching the sea at the beach in a multi-coloured dress while the next showed the mother of three holding her son Sir's hand as they headed down to the ocean too, with Sir dressed up for the sunny day out in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts. Meanwhile, Jay-Z steers clear of politics and uses his verse to rap about how awesome he and his record label are. A post shared by Beyoncé next photos showed Bey with her youngest children Rumi and Sir - the three-year-old twins she shares with husband Jay-Z.