E-40 referred to as his celebrity associates to flaunt their “Bands” for his new video, which dropped on Friday (March 24). Shot on the famend HBCU Grambling State College, E-40 shined over the truck-rattling anthem alongside the marching band.
“Most individuals don’t know that I used to be a part of a marching band for many of my childhood, so I positively linked with this beat,” 40 tells Billboard. “However I simply wished to create one other slap for my followers sprinkled in with a double entendre for everybody working arduous to earn these bands. Shout-out to everybody at Grambling concerned in making this video come to life.”
The star-studded solid options Floyd Mayweather, Future, Lil Child, 50 Cent, Meek Mill, Offset, Gucci Mane, Lil Durk, Moneybagg Yo, YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more, and Kodak Black flexing their exorbitant bands of wealth. Whereas on campus, the Bay Space artist additionally confirmed off his altruism when he donated $100,000 to bolster the college’s marching band and construct a recording studio. Grambling State then named the studio in his honor: Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens Sound Recording Studio.
Earlier this yr, Billboard named E-40 one of many 50 Biggest Rappers of All-Time. Billboard credited the West Coast polymath, who clocked in at No. 41, for his longevity, noting, “His flamboyant rhymes helped him turn into one of many first West Coast rappers to signal a serious deal when he signed with Jive Information within the early ’90s. And he hasn’t gone greater than 4 years with out releasing an album since 1993. E-40’s contributions, together with his 2006 prime 10 rap hit and hyphy motion anthem ‘Inform Me When to Go,’ helped deliver the Bay Space into the hip-hop’s mainstream.”
Watch the music video for “Bands” beneath.
