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Little X

This was another Little X shoot I was invited to do behind-the-scenes work on. It was for Timbaland and Magoo’s song, “Cop That Sh*t.” Getting to meet guest rappers Rakim, Special Ed, and Flavor Flav was an amazing experience for me. I came up in high school in the ’80’s idolizing these artists and to get the opportunity to work with them was just amazing. It was one of the few times I had difficulty keeping my fandom in check. Flavor Flav was larger than life on this set. It was shot in Chinatown in NYC and he was mobbed all day by both kids and adults asking for autographs and pictures. Even X was like… “You gotta get a picture of Flav and I.”