Several months ago, I started writing music video treatments for acclaimed director John Tucker aka “Dr. Teeth”. He is known for his ground-breaking producing work at BET and for directing several music videos for artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Ludacris, T.I., Lil’ Wayne, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, and many more.
One of our first projects together was a video for a new Dallas rapper on the scene, Dorrough. The song was “Ice Cream Paint Job”. Writing the video for Dr. Teeth was a pleasure and we created something we thought would be a different and fitting video for this new style Dorrough was bringing to the genre of music. When the video first hit MTV and BET, it was received with much enthusiasm and support, and steadily grew to a massive fan following of both the artist and our video.
Apparently it is so, because a few days ago I received word that the video was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2009 that is taking place in Atlanta, GA on Oct. 27 later this year. I almost fell out of my chair when I heard the news. A video I wrote, nominated on a national awards show! I couldn’t believe it. Not only is the video nominated, it is going up against videos by Eminem, T.I., Jay-Z, and Kid Cudi. Some of the competing videos were directed by some of my favorite directors that I look up to and follow. That in itself is a mind-trip!
I can’t wait till the end of October comes around, because it looks like I’ll be flying over to ATL for the show! It’ll be a new experience for me. The next level! And of course, I’ll be taking you along for the ride.
I would like to thank all of you for your continuing support in my creative endeavors and for all the love I’ve received from my family, friends, and (I can finally begin to say this) fans of my work.
Here’s the link to the official BET Hip Hop Awards site:
http://www.bet.com/Specials/hiphopawards09/hha09_nominees/hha09_nominees_besthiphopvideo
And here is the actual video on YouTube:
Enjoy!
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