And whoever made the decision to allow members of the Miami Northwestern High School marching band to perform in a music video is not very bright either.
Now, this is no condemnation of hip hop music. But seriously, which school official who knew anything about the past music videos of Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Juicy J thought,"Yeah, this video will feature our minor students in a classy light. All ladies will be wearing clothes that cover their lady bits. There will be no poles or fishnet stockings of any kind. Yeah, that sounds about accurate." Really? Do these people not research?
Apparently not.
In August, school officials approved a producer's request to have members of the Marching Bulls in a video called "Bandz a Make Her Dance." Mistake number one.
The video came out recently. Six of the band members can be seen behind the rappers.
School officials claim that the producers told them the marching band students would be performing in a drum line. It seems as if producers neglected to mention that the drum line would be in a strip club with strippers and advertisements for a pornography company. Representatives for the school board say that the band members were filmed performing in front of a blue screen and later edited in to fit the strip club motif of the video. The school district is suing for "unauthorized publication of likeness of students" and trademark violations. However, there was no formal written agreement. Mistake number two. Attorney for Lil Wayne, Ronald Sweeney, has written to general counsel for Sony asking that they remove the students from the video.
This whole ordeal could have been avoided if school officials used a bit more common sense. Somehow, SBW thinks this was all part of the producers' plan. Currently, the song is in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, selling over 30,000 copies. We're sure the controversy over the video is only helping the sales.
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