image is dope. So I always reference to him,
even with my music videos, I always put
“A Fred Focus Joint” because in all of his
movies it was “A Spike Lee Joint.”
I got some movie ideas. That’s going to
be the next step for me, shooting movies. I
want to cover different cultural experiences
that you see and dynamics that you see in the
Heights and Harlem and East Harlem. There’s
a lot of cool stuff there between the Spanish
people and black people and just the dope mix
of cultures. I think Spike would be interested
in my story called “Story of a Gun.”
What is your end goal?
I don’t know what my end goal is, but I do
want to continue to be a liaison for dope
artists to emerge out of the East Coast in
general, whether it’s New York,
Massachusetts, Connecticut. Whether it’s
every New England state on top of New
York and New Jersey. I really think there’s a
lot of talent out here that deserves attention.
So, that’s my main thing, continuing to find
talent. The same thing we did with East,
is going to continue what we’re doing and
ultimately, expressing myself creatively,
visually, because it comes down to how I
feel about your music.
Which were your favorite shoots to date?
My first video with Def Jam was really fun.
I was very excited to find and be working
with a label like that because they have
such a resume. Def Jam means something.
When they reached out to me to shoot it
kind of made me feel like I’m finally getting
to a place where I saw myself. When I shot
“Dirty Little Secret” for Dave, we had a
whole Asian theme to it. Between that one,
and my more recent shoot with Wyclef and
Jazzy Amra, it’s called “You Got Me.” It’s
on the radio everywhere. It aired on BET’s
countdown, which was my first time ever
being on 106 & Park. I think about where I
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