Last night rapper Maal Himself debuted his music video for his single "Ms. Beverly Hills," which features singing by Jon Frost and Diva and some guitar work by Sean Williamson.
Directed by Mark Gage – co-directed by Brad Hollander – the video is very ambitious, with scenes of illicit drug use, partying and drinking, in an attempt to bring the anti-party lifestyle message of the song to life.
The protagonist Maal is dragged around by hangers-on and submits to their will of living in the fast lane, ultimately to be chewed up and spit out by said lifestyle.
The video itself is very clean and vivid and is also very reminiscent of Kanye West and Spike Jonze's short film "We Were Once A Fairytale."
Check out "Ms. Beverly Hills" right here.
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
