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Wale & Rik Cordero Visualize ‘Artistic Integrity’

The funny thing about the concept of “artistic integrity” is that it means something different to everyone. For some rappers, it means making the same keep-it-real punchline records with no aims at mass appeal. For others, it simply means making the music that appeals to you, even if your sound changes over time.

Judging from the new video for “Artistic Integrity,” DC rapper Wale defines the concept as simply staying in control of your own destiny. In the metaphorical Rik Cordero-directed clip—the first from The Mixtape About Nothing—Wale controls his own movements via a video game controller, only to have himself hyjacked by The Wire’s Gbenga Akinnagbe. Watch the video below.

[OnSmash]