Gil Green, urban storyteller, has directed the videos for some of music best know acts: Linkin Park, Fat Joe, Lil Jon, Trick Daddy, Pit Bull, Flo Rida, and Lil Wayne. But I rolled up on Gil as he was directing a video in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods in Liberty City Green had taken over an inner-city project using the residents as extras for a video he was shooting of Black Dada’s remix single “Imma Zoe”.
Between takes Gils was easy to approach and work with for my photograph. With no shortage of funky props, I eyed the candy red classic convertible, and had Green jump in the back seat and pose but only after he removed the cast from his injured arm. Never looking through the camera I held it high over my head to capture Green immersed in the red seat, as you can tell he is very tall with arms that outreached the beam of the car.
Green isn't looking for the stereotypical rap video, "There is a way to think and step out of the box and interpret the music in a positive way."
After the short shoot I followed him as he directed the cameras rolling through the complex and getting the residents to just be themselves as the rapper and music turned the place into a mid-afternoon dance club.
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