Nelly’s “Tip Drill” had unwittingly set off a nationwide debate on women’s portrayal in music videos. Groups advocating for African-American women’s rights voiced their displeasure, pointing out the distasteful representation of women. College campuses nationwide turned into debating hotspots. The fallout from this racy stunt was swift and widespread. Nelly, in a cheeky move, slid a credit card between the buttocks of a black model -and it caused a ruckus. The music video featured a moment that, let’s just say, put a new spin on financial transactions. It was 2004 when Nelly’s video for “Tip Drill” caused a significant stir in the late-night realm of BET’s video segment, “UnCut.” Louis’ rap prodigy Nelly was in the eye of a cultural hurricane, all thanks to his audacious tune, “Tip Drill.” Now women can decide how they want to be seen, Beyoncé is a fine case in point.About twenty years St. The creative freedom is refreshing,especially because for so long,men have dictated what images of women are shown. The internet has given directors and artists the liberty in their video-making, to create without fear of being ostracized by mainstream media for their authenticity. You wouldn’t find Die Antwoord’s videos on MTVBase, simply because a censored version would usurp the video of its punch. Music and videos that the average viewer might find offence, are not officially banned but ghosted. South Africa has banned more ads and artwork than it has music videos. Guess Uncle Bob couldn’t let them get away with what they did four years prior. But in 2010, the collective released Chicken to Change, mocking Mugabe’s stubborn grip to power since the country gained independence in 1980. In 2014 The Zimbabwean government under Robert Mugabe’s rule, turned away South African band Freshly Ground as soon as they landed at the Harare International airport, with no reason as to why. The rapper was also accused of trying to score political points by burning the old South African flag in the video. The viewer’s grievance was about the slaughtering of chicken in some of the scenes. Last year a complaint came to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission South Africa (BCCSA) about Kwesta’s Spirit music video. If they create videos which are polarizing, it’s usually for their “strong” tone on politics or social issues. I remember first seeing the video on a friend’s computer while in high school, with a grin on my face marvelling at why we never have such house parties when we decide to bunk school.īET Uncut came to an end after many complaints about the show being distasteful and constituting soft porn. Uncut aired from 2001 till 2006, playing mostly Hip Hop videos with gross sexual imagery that had many teenagers risk getting an ass-whipping just to watch their favourite artists, next to some of the finest booty you’ll ever see.Ī slew of explicit Hip Hop videos aired in those five years but nothing was raunchier than Nelly’s Tip Drill which saw dudes in throwback jerseys, du-rags and Air Forces at a house party that probably had three naked women for each fella in the video. I know right, my eyes rolled too.īlack Entertainment Television (BET) designated their late hours to these explicit music videos, in a programme called BET Uncut. So bad, that MTV would only broadcast the video with an introduction from Jay-Z explaining that it was a metaphorical death, not a real one. It was viewed as something done in bad taste. In the last scene, a defenceless Jigga is shot at multiple times on a sidewalk. Shot in Brooklyn, New York the video depicts life for niggers in the hood and the city. Rapper Jay-Z found himself in some trouble for his 99 Problems video. Be it nudity, unpleasant language or the depiction of violence in a music video-and more. Dirty doesn’t only pertain to women gyrating their rears in front of the camera it is what viewers deem offensive. Artists still make clean versions of their songs for radio and will have the explicit joints on their albums. I grew up in a time where tracks had two versions of the video, the dirty one and the clean version for prime time television. Bar the excitement my body couldn’t hide from seeing erotic scenes, I actually sat there pondering for what seemed like an eternity, on the paucity of X-rated versions of music videos. It was the triple ‘X’ in the title of the video that got my attention. I’d like to think I’m writing this after seeing the best video category from this year’s South African Music Awards nomination’s list.But it was rather going through a friend’s external hard drive and coming across 2PAC’s How Do You Want It with the brothers K-Ci & JoJo.

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