Jadakiss - U Make Me Wanna ft. Mariah Carey

What this video is

Released October 2004 as the third and final single from Jadakiss's second studio album Kiss of Death, 'U Make Me Wanna' represents one of the defining rap-pop crossover collaborations of the mid-2000s. Produced by Scott Storch — then at the apex of his commercial dominance — the track grafted a Mariah Carey pop-diva hook onto Jadakiss's raspy street-lyric delivery, a combination that reached #21 on the Billboard…

Why it matters

A textbook artifact of the 2004 hip-hop/R&B crossover moment, when major-label rap albums routinely recruited top-tier pop vocalists to broaden radio reach. The Scott Storch production, Mariah Carey's whistle-register cameo, and Hamri's club-glamour visual language collectively encode the…

The director

Sanaa Hamri (born November 19, 1977, Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan-American film, television, and music video director. She began her career as a self-taught video editor before transitioning to directing, working with artists including Prince, Mariah…