Danny Brown - Dirty Laundry

What this video is

Released September 5, 2019, 'Dirty Laundry' arrived as the lead single from Danny Brown's fifth studio album uknowhatimsayin¿, executive produced by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest — the first time Q-Tip had filled that executive producer role on a hip-hop album. The release marked Brown's first major project since Atrocity Exhibition (2016), repositioning him within a comedic, absurdist artistic framework. Brown…

Why it matters

A key document of late-2010s experimental hip-hop's expansion into comedic narrative video form. The video demonstrates how Warp-signed Detroit rap engaged with lo-fi vérité aesthetics at a moment when art-rap was increasingly intersecting with independent film sensibility. The Q-Tip executive…

The director

Simon Cahn is a French writer/director who began directing at age 19 with his debut short film Prince Tribe. He spent time in New York before returning to Paris to direct commercials for Nike, Dior, Diesel, Google, Asos, Louis Vuitton, and Supreme. He…