Prince & The New Power Generation - Money Don't Matter 2 Night

What this video is

Released in March 1992, 'Money Don't Matter 2 Night' arrived during a politically charged moment: the immediate aftermath of Operation Desert Storm, rising economic inequality, and a year before Prince's seismic break with Warner Bros. The song, co-written with Rosie Gaines, directly addresses consumerism and the hollowness of material wealth. Spike Lee's original video — depicting a poor African-American family…

Why it matters

As the fifth single from Diamonds and Pearls, this track represents Prince's most overtly socially conscious output of his commercial peak period, drawing critical comparisons to Stevie Wonder's early-70s message songwriting. The dual-director video structure — pairing a major cinematic auteur…

The director

Spike Lee (born March 20, 1957, Atlanta, GA) is an American filmmaker and NYU MFA graduate who broke through with She's Gotta Have It (1986) and Do the Right Thing (1989). Operating through his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Lee has…