Written by Cassie Carpenter for Dailymail.com
Updated at 00:57 on November 16, 2023, 01:00 on November 16, 2023
The new music video for “First Person Shooter,” released Wednesday, features Drake and J. Cole competing against each other in chess, table tennis, and basketball.
The biracial hip-hop pair recreated the famous photo of soccer stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo playing chess, which was taken by Annie Leibovitz a year ago as part of their relationship with Louis Vuitton Be part of a paid partnership.
The 37-year-old Canadian and 38-year-old German originally collaborated on the release of Drake’s eighth studio album, For All the Dogs, on October 6, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
This marks the first No. 1 single for J. (born Jermaine) and the 13th No. 1 single for Drake (born Aubrey Graham), linking him with the late Michael Jackson Tied for the most number one singles by a male solo artist.artist
In a tribute to the King of Pop, the five-time Grammy winner donated silver sequined gloves and socks and black loafers in the video.
“N****, beat it, N****, beat it, what?” I had the rap.
On the wall behind OVO Sound co-founder’s chess game is an album cover drawn by his five-year-old son, Adonis Mahbed Graham.
Drake’s CG-filled five-minute music video has racked up nearly half a million views on YouTube.
“First Person Shooter” is directed by Gibson Hazard, who has produced videos for Lil Uzi Vert, Metro Boomin and Lil Nas X.
The music video begins with Brian Baumgartner, best known for playing Kevin Malone on the NBC documentary sitcom “The Office” (2005-2013), playing a game on his computer. “Manage” an office full of dummies.
The 50-year-old Daytime Emmy winner then got a call from the CEO, who turned out to be Drake and J. Cole playing ping pong in the office, which then magically transformed into a stadium.
The Grammy winner, who was a shooting guard for the Scarborough Meteors last year, showed off his basketball skills while donning a Spider-Man suit.
Not to be outdone, Drake also dressed up like Spider-Man before magically launching a basketball around the Earth before landing fiery inside the rim at Scotiabank Arena.
The Degrassi alum is then transported inside a Toronto subway, where a man wearing a dog mask shamelessly compares women to real dogs with names (Nadine, Christine, Justine, Kathleen, Charlene, Pauline, Claudine) written on the collar.
The video ends with the poet who “ruined everything” unveiling a giant statue of himself in his hometown of Toronto.
Drake and J. Cole’s video comes two days after they announced a joint 22-date It’s All a Blur Tour – Big As the What? The game will kick off on January 18 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.
Cash App presales begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with general public tickets going on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.
The Emmy-nominated “Euphoria” producer also took home four trophies, including Best Rap Performance, at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, which will take place on February 4 at Crypto. com Arena on CBS/Paramount+.
J. Cole is nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance for “All My Life,” a collaboration with Lil Durk.