4:44
2017

Okwui Okpokwasili is featured in Jay-Z’s music video 4:44. The song outlines an apology to his wife for his shortcomings throughout their relationship while the video stings together collages of an interview with Eartha Kitt about relationships, an interview with ​​Jean-Michel Basquiat, an Al Green performance, a young boy singing Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”, Okpokwasili and Storyboard P dancing, interspersed violent videos of police brutality.


directed by  Arthur Jafa and Elissa Blount-Moorhead
produced by No ID
music composition by K. Keeny, D. Wilson, and S. Carter
additional vocals by Kim Burrell

featured dancing by Okwui Okpokwasili and Storyboard P
contains sample from Hannah Williams and the Affirmations' "Late Nights and Heart Breaks"
contains videos of Eartha Kitt, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Al Green, a young boy, and videos from worldstarhiphop

  • Video released on August 1, 2017

    Album released on June 30, 2017