Kanye West 'Black Skinhead' Interactive VIDEO Released After Paparazzi Fight (Watch)
Kanye West released the official music video for Black Skinhead, the second single from his new Yeezus album, on Monday.
The video for the song, which was renamed BLKKK SKKKN HEAD, debuted on his official website Kanyewest.com. He collaborated with renowned fashion photographer Nick Knight for five months to create the interactive video that allows viewers to control the speed of the video and to take screen grabs at any time as they view it.
The black and white video begins with Rottweiler dogs barking at the camera. It is the same clip used for his backdrop when he performed on the Saturday Night Live season finale in May. West is topless throughout the footage. The video also features a group of shirtless men and a controversial scene where men are wearing black-hooded robes inspired by the Klu Klux Klan.
Watch West's Black Skinhead video at his official website here.
West first announced he would release the singe on his official Twitter account. It is the first official radio single from his sixth album, Yeezus. The record debuted at No. 1 on Billboard when it was released in June.
Knight previously collaborated with West on his New Slaves video, which was projected onto 66 buildings around the world on May 17. West cleverly ran the video of himself singing the rap in major cities including New York, Miami, Toronto, London, Paris, Chicago and Berlin. West and Knight worked on the New Slaves and Black Skinhead videos through the Chicago rapper's DONDA creative agency.
West released the video several days after he got into a scuffle with a paparazzi photographer outside of the LAX airport. The photographer, who goes by the name Dano, repeatedly questioned the Watch The Throne rapper on July 19. West grabbed him and put him in a headlock in front of a crowd of photographers. The singer also tried to take the camera out of Dano's hands, and the confrontation caused the photographer to fall down. In a video obtained by TMZ. West told Dano before he accosted him that he was questioning him in an attempt to sue him for $250,000. After Dano fell to the ground, West exited the scene before paramedics and local authorities arrived.
West may be facing possible felony charges for attempted robbery for the attack, according to multiple reports.