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Red Bull Music: Hype Williams talks working with 2Pac, Dre & more

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Red Bull Music: Hype Williams reflects on working with Diddy, Dre, 2Pac and more

On May 10, legendary music video director Hype Williams sat down with hip-hop journalist Jeff “Chairman” Mao as part of the Red Bull Music Festival New York.

The Queens-native discussed his impressive career, including how Jada Pinkett Smith wrote the treatment for the Mad Max-inspired Tupac/Dre “California Love” video, why Beyoncé is his favorite artist to work with, meeting Timbaland, Missy Elliot and Ginuwine while they worked craft services for a Jodeci video, and stories about the infamous video for “Hate Me Now.”

You can check out A Conversation on Visual Music: Hype Williams below:

Red Bull Music: Hype Williams reflects on working with Diddy, Dre, 2Pac and more

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