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Curren$y And Wale Get Fly In ‘What It Look Like’ Video

‘This is actually a special record for me,’ Wale tells MTV News of his new video with Curren$y, shot at an Atlanta airport. By Rob Markman, with reporting by FLX Curren$y and Wale on the set of “What it Look Like” Photo: MTV News Curren$y and Wale weren’t even finished recording their current single “What It Look Like” before they decided to shoot a video for the song. “While we were doin’ the record, [Wale] was like, ‘We gotta shoot a video.’ I was like, ‘I know,’ ” Curren$y told MTV News. In the video, which was shot in an Atlanta airport, Spitta and Wale trade verses in an airplane hangar while a full band backs them up. The duo released the song, which will appear on Curren$y upcoming Warner Bros. release The Stoned Immaculate, last week, and on Sunday, they premiered the video on MTV2’s “Sucker Free” countdown. In 2008, the two MCs appeared on the cover of XXL ‘s annual Freshman issue and have collaborated quite a bit in the past, most notably on Wale’s 2009 mixtape track “Wordplay” and Maybach Music’s “Rise” last year. The two are more than collaborators, though; they’re also friends. In fact, that’s the way Curren$y prefers it. He tends to stay away from working with people he doesn’t know. “That’s the only people I would work with,” he said. “Anything I do would never be a reach-out.” The Jet Life spitter remembers coincidently being in the same studio with Wale — that’s how “What It Look Like” came about. “We were working in the same studio and he came in there like, ‘I think I got a hook,’ ” Curren$y said of Wale. While on the set of the video, Wale told MTV News that the song’s lyrics came so naturally to him, he didn’t even have to write them down. Instead, he went into the vocal booth and constructed his verse without pen or paper. “This is actually a special record for me. This is the first time I went into the booth without writing a verse,” the Maybach Music standout said. “I’m glad we got to do a dope visual to it.” What do you think of Curren$y and Wale’s “What It Look Like” video? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Curren$y Wale

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Nicki Minaj’s ‘Beez In The Trap’ Video Is A Thank-You To Strippers

Brand-new clip is a throwback to MC’s pre-Young Money days when she was performing for her ‘most die-hard fans’ at strip clubs. By Rob Markman Nicki Minaj in her video for “Beez In The Trap” Photo: UMG Who says you can’t go back? Nicki Minaj surely doesn’t, as her brand-new, eye-popping “Beez in the Trap” video is a throwback to the MC’s pre-Young Money days. “When I was doing my mixtapes, I would perform in strip clubs, I would perform in clubs and it was just like some of my most die-hard fans would be in these places,” Nicki told MTV News on Friday after putting on a secret show in Times Square . “I wanted to kinda like honor them — kinda honor all my girls in the club and just say thank you for the support.” The Benny Boom-directed clip, which was released Friday, follows Nicki as she struts through the nudie bar counting hundreds and working her money-maker in some very flattering outfits. In one scene, Ms. Minaj sports a leopard-print catsuit and shakes her tail feather alongside “Beez in the Trap” guest 2 Chainz . “When I see the strippers and all of that, they always show me love, so I wanted to kinda make a video around them,” the reigning rap queen said. “I hit up Benny Boom like, ‘Yo, I need a sexy video right now.’ I knew 2 Chainz wasn’t gonna be mad.” “Beez” is the second video from Nicki’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The album, which is expected to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart later this week, features an even distribution of pop tracks like the RedOne-produced “Starships” and more street-oriented material. The 2 Chainz-assisted track definitely falls in the latter category. “He’s an amazing dude, very hard worker,” Nicki said of the bubbling Atlanta MC. “I love my ‘Beez in the Trap’ video. This is my hood video, obviously.” What do you think of Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap” video? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Nicki Minaj

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