Tokyo F.A.T
Last week I was contacted to make a video for a new Kanye West produced Jay-Z song for RED & the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa. It launched today (World AIDS Day) at red.msn.com. And while I’m happy to be able to help the cause I’m also more than a little bit excited about getting a chance to make something for the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye. I’ve been turning down client requests to use Typographic Illustration for 5 years in hopes that one day the phone would ring and it would be Hova. The video can be seen on (RED) WIRE, or at this direct link on MSN video (I will update with an embed-able video shortly). I’m pretty sure that this is the first rap video to end with a download source code link.
Brooklyn Go Hard: brought to you by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Evan Roth, and Garamond.
***UPDATE***
Just posted by Jigga:
Source code:
http://evan-roth.com/jay-z
(Thanks a lot to Michael @ Modernista for the connect.)
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that’s hott.
holy f% s%&! congratulations!!!
pretty schweeet good job
itsyaboy!
hot damn. CONGRATULATIONS.
Cool!
Here is your post in Japanese at tokyo.fffff.at!
http://tokyo.fffff.at/misc/jay-z-kanye-west-source-code/
open source is now one giant step closer to becoming the 6th element of hiphop
EVAN KILLIN IT, Awesome song, awesome graffix
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