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Young Thug bailed on his new $100k music video so the director made it without him

by Jeremy Mersereau

Another day, another music video from a hyper-popular rap star, complete with upscale Beverly Hills location, requisite party scenes, and a metric ton of attractive women… except this one offers all that plus a glimpse behind the curtain of a troubled production, which is what happens when your star refuses to show up all day.

“Wyclef Jean,” a standout from Young Thug’s recent JEFFERY, was set to receive the video treatment featuring kiddie cars, children in police uniforms, and a bag of Cheetos. All these ideas came from Thug himself, who apparently never actually made it to the set of the expensive, $100k production.

Text from the video’s co-director, Ryan Staake, is interspersed throughout the clip, alleged ways the video was derailed by Thug not showing up hours late, and eventually driving away without appearing ever on set because his “Instagram was hacked.” The few shots of Thug actually appearing in the video, Cheetos in hand, were ostensibly sent to the director by Thug himself 2 months later.

Watch the whole glorious train kiddie car wreck below, which, its worth noting, dropped on Thug’s official YouTube channel. Something tells me Young Thug’s diva behaviour and the subsequent might not be as unplanned as the video makes it appear, but you be the judge: