Shabazz Palaces - Bad Bitch Walking ft. Stas THEE Boss

What this video is

Released September 2, 2020 — during the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the height of the Black Lives Matter uprising following George Floyd's murder — the video for 'Bad Bitch Walking' carries explicit political and aesthetic weight. Filmed in isolation across four North American cities, it is a decentralized document of Black creativity persisting under duress. Director Amhalise Morgan's Afrosensualist…

Why it matters

Represents a landmark moment in Pacific Northwest experimental hip-hop, demonstrating how Sub Pop's avant-garde infrastructure supported radical Black creative vision. Shabazz Palaces occupies a singular position as Afrofuturist rap that draws on Sun Ra, George Clinton, and free jazz while…

The director

Amhalise Morgan is a filmmaker and longtime collaborator of Shabazz Palaces frontman Ishmael Butler. She is noted for an Afrosensualist visual approach that centers Black beauty, intimacy, and female agency. She both directed and co-produced the 'Bad Bitch…