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Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Cha Money

Music Video
ArtistOl' Dirty Bastard
SongGot Cha Money
DirectorNzingha Stewart
DirectorD'Urville Martin
DirectorScott Kalvert & Hype Williams
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

The video turns Ol' Dirty Bastard's money-demanding anthem into a surreal blaxploitation mash-up. Clips from Rudy Ray Moore's 1975 film "Dolemite" are edited around footage of ODB taken from his earlier "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" video, making him appear to interact with the movie's characters. Kelis performs her hook amid glamorous scenes and backup dancers Beverly Peele and Tangi Miller. The deliberately mismatched editing gives the clip a comic, chaotic energy that matches ODB's unpredictable persona.

Factoids & Trivia

  • No new footage of Ol' Dirty Bastard was filmed specifically for the video. His appearances were repurposed from the 1995 "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" clip.
  • The central film source is "Dolemite," the 1975 blaxploitation comedy starring Rudy Ray Moore. The video's use of Moore's material connects ODB's irreverent humor with an earlier Black cult-cinema tradition.
  • The editing intentionally places ODB into scenes where he was never present, creating comic reactions and visual exchanges through careful cutting rather than digital effects.
  • Kelis' appearance helped introduce her as a recording artist. "Got Your Money" arrived before her debut single, "Caught Out There," later in 1999.
  • Beverly Peele and Tangi Miller appear as backup dancers alongside Kelis.
  • The video was later recognized by Pitchfork among its "Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s."
  • The song became the biggest hit from ODB's 1999 album "Nigga Please," giving the deliberately low-tech, archive-based video lasting visibility.
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