“The shot in question was taken out of context by me, and was used in the film to create a sense of heightened tension at the end of the tour,” Fiore says. What’s more, Fiore admits to us, he left out footage where “they both laughed and hugged” immediately afterward. Now “Backstage” director Chris Fiore is corroborating that the hand-to-face smoosh was “playful.” Jay told us last week that the woman, Chaka Pilgrim, is “one of my best friends,” insisting, “We were playing.” The hip-hop star has come under fire because of a scene in the 2000 concert documentary “Backstage,” in which he appears to strike a woman who takes his picture after a performance. Jay-Z has found out what it’s like to be the victim of a bad rap. Pilgrim and director Chris Fiore backed up Jay-Z’s story, with Fiore adding that the moment was poorly edited and left out footage of Pilgrim and Jay-Z smiling and hugging after the altercation: Shortly after this video went viral in 2004, Jay-Z addressed the controversy and explained that the woman in the footage was actually his good friend music executive Chaka Pilgrim, who is currently the president of Roc Nation Records, and that they were just playing. Carter walks into the room he has a rather irritated look upon his face and without hesitation lashes out at an unidentified female in the video.
The assault looks unprovoked as HOVA walks into what looks like a backstage area of a concert venue.Īs Mr.
Again, the footage was shared with sensational claims about what it showed, yet provided little in the way of context:Īpparently Jay-Z had a problem with a female in a shocking video that was pulled out of the archives of the Backstage DVD by HipHopDX.Īs of this time I have yet to hear from my numerous contacts at Roc-A-Fella in regards to Jay-Z’s side to this affair.īut, if pictures speak louder than words then Jigga-man has some explaining to do. This clip first appeared in a 2000 documentary called Backstage about Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life Tour, but it didn’t start creating controversy until it was picked up by music gossip web sites in 2004.
When we searched for more information about this clip, we found that the person in the video was an adult, not a child, that they were an old friend and employee, not a fan, and that all parties involved said that the altercation was friendly in nature. Of course, that’s problematic as we never actually get a good look at the “victim” in this video, and its limited runtime provides little to no context about the encounter. Just Blaze originally produced the song for Ghostface Killah.The provided details also change with each posting: Is the girl 12? Is she a teenager? Did she try to hug Jay-Z or take his picture? Whatever the situation, it’s difficult to verify based solely on the images in this 3-second clip. The remix is composed of new verses by Jay-Z, a new instrumental sampling "Trying Girls Out" by The Persuaders and uncredited vocals from Michael Jackson and Chante Moore. The song has additional vocals sung by Q-Tip, Slick Rick and Biz Markie, but they are not credited as featured guests on the back artwork they are, however, credited in the album's liner notes.Ī remix of the song produced by Kanye West can be found as a hidden track on The Blueprint after the songs "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" and the other hidden song "Lyrical Exercise". The chorus features a lyrical interpolation of "High Power Rap" by Crash Crew. The song contains a sample of "There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You" by Tom Brock. It is a playful description of the artist's promiscuous lifestyle. The single was released on October 2, 2001. " Girls, Girls, Girls" is the second single from rapper Jay-Z's album The Blueprint (2001).
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