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Huey Remixed 2017: Jay Z’s The Story of OJ

6 juli 2017

On July 6, 2017 in the United States, a cartoon of Jay Z posing as Huey in a rattan chair made by Rustam Hasanov, was part of the video “The Story of O.J.” directed by Mark Romanek and Jay Z.

See for further analysis: post-what.com/2017/07/story-of-oj/

https://slate.com/culture/2017/06/jay-zs-the-story-of-o-j-music-video-takes-on-racist-cartoons.html

https://rustamhasanov.artstation.com/projects/l4R4a?album_id=93083

3'41'' — "real nigga"

2'10'' — "Still nigga". Huey P. Newton or the cocky militant black man as a stereotype. Even this self-constructed image of a powerful independent man cannot escape the spectacle of the stereotype.

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Huey Remixed 2017: Jay Z’s The Story of OJ

On July 6, 2017 in the United States, a cartoon of Jay Z posing as Huey in a rattan chair made by Rustam Hasanov, was part of the video “The Story of O.J.” directed by Mark Romanek and Jay Z.