The Game - Ali Bomaye ft. 2 Chainz, Rick Ross

What this video is

Released July 2, 2013, as a promotional single from The Game's fifth studio album Jesus Piece (December 2012, Interscope Records), 'Ali Bomaye' draws its title from the Lingala chant shouted by Congolese crowds at Muhammad Ali during the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle boxing match against George Foreman in Zaire — meaning 'Ali, kill him!' The song's production by Black Metaphor samples Florence and the Machine's 'Seven…

Why it matters

A landmark collaboration video of the early 2010s West Coast-Southern hip-hop crossover era, uniting Compton's The Game with Atlanta trap figure 2 Chainz and Miami-rooted MMG don Rick Ross. The video's cameo-saturated format, dark cinematography, and boxing iconography codified a template for…

The director

J.R. Saint is a music video director whose work includes high-profile hip-hop videos in the early 2010s. The Ali Bomaye video, produced by Mahad Dar of Creative Dream Productions, is among his most widely seen works, accumulating over 101 million YouTube…