YG - Why You Always Hatin？ ⧸ Still Brazy ft. Kamaiyah (Live From Jimmy Kimmel Live!)

What this video is

This live performance capture documents YG's September 2016 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! during the promotional run for Still Brazy, his critically acclaimed sophomore album released June 17, 2016 on Def Jam Recordings. The performance is historically notable as the television debut of Bay Area rapper Kamaiyah, and features members of Sacramento punk band Trash Talk as live backing musicians — an unusual…

Why it matters

This document captures the mainstream television legitimization of a strand of post-DJ Mustard West Coast rap that merged Compton street culture with commercially ambitious production. The hybrid live band format — integrating punk energy via Trash Talk — anticipated later genre-blending live rap…

The director

Joe Weil is a St. Louis-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker who studied film production at the University of Southern California. He is the founder and president of Psycho Films, an LA-based production and management company. Weil built his career directing…