Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot ft. Cory Gunz (Explicit)

What this video is

Released in March 2011, '6 Foot 7 Foot' was Lil Wayne's first major music video following his release from Rikers Island prison in November 2010, where he had served an eight-month sentence on weapons charges. The video functions as a triumphant re-entry statement, helmed by the most prestigious director in hip-hop video history, Hype Williams, signaling the full commercial and cultural weight of Cash Money…

Why it matters

A landmark in the Tha Carter IV campaign, this video represents the pinnacle of the 2010s Hype Williams aesthetic applied to Southern rap: lyric-literalism, surrealist concept execution, and crew-spectacle combined. The song itself, produced by Bangladesh and sampling Harry Belafonte's 'Day-O,'…

The director

Harold 'Hype' Williams (born August 1, 1970, Queens, NY) is the seminal hip-hop and R&B music video director of the 1990s–2000s. Educated at Adelphi University, he founded production company Big Dog Films in 1993. His signature style — fisheye lenses,…