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Tip drill video vimeo12/7/2023 ![]() Man, that Tip Drill video got me jungle fever at a young age. Why is TNT playing Tip Drill during this game? □- Ken Griffey May 20, 2023 TNT just played Tip drill /dUafZJYayz- Rick E Langston May 20, 2023 Was that Tip Drill they was playing going into commercial /COESXL6Mmi- Ratchet Ramirez ✭ May 20, 2023 Amid the stunned tweets, a few jovial reactions trickled in, giving a humorous spin to the unexpected resurgence of Nelly’s controversial track. Twitter was buzzing with thousands of users expressing sheer disbelief that “Tip Drill” had infiltrated prime-time television. It was none other than “Tip Drill.” The surprise reappearance of the infamous song created quite a stir on social media. The Miami Heat and Boston were battling it out in the Eastern Conference finals on May 19, and as the first half winded down and the players prepared for halftime, a familiar beat thumped through the TV speakers. Tip Drill during a NBA Playoffs game is crazy #NBAonTNT Never forget tho /rnmi8T8713- ✭ The Bearded Caped Crusader ✭ May 20, 2023 It was strictly adult entertainment.”įast forward to the present day, and it’s clear that public sentiments have shifted significantly – it seems that the NBA has ushered in the second coming of “Tip Drill.” When asked about the controversy by AllHipHop back then, Nelly seemed surprised, saying, “We are not trying to put it into a perspective where we demoralize women. Nelly’s “Tip Drill” had unwittingly set off a nationwide debate on women’s portrayal in music videos. Groups advocating for African-American women’s rights voiced their displeasure, pointing out the distasteful representation of women. College campuses nationwide turned into debating hotspots. ![]() The fallout from this racy stunt was swift and widespread. Nelly, in a cheeky move, slid a credit card between the buttocks of a black model -and it caused a ruckus. The music video featured a moment that, let’s just say, put a new spin on financial transactions. It was 2004 when Nelly’s video for “Tip Drill” caused a significant stir in the late-night realm of BET’s video segment, “UnCut.” Louis’ rap prodigy Nelly was in the eye of a cultural hurricane, all thanks to his audacious tune, “Tip Drill.” ![]() It could have been somebody that was coming to that bone marrow drive that day that was possibly a match for my sister that didn’t come because of that.About twenty years St. That was unfairly because we could have still had your conversation after I got my opportunity. You robbed me of an opportunity, unfairly my brother. “The Spelman thing, the only thing I feel I woulda did different is kick somebody’s A$$. Nelly would say much later in a Huffington Post Live chat with Marc Lamont Hill that having to cancel the drive over the uproar over the video enraged him: Women at Spelman University even protested Nelly’s visit to the school to throw a bone marrow drive to help find his sister, who was suffering from leukemia and eventually passed from it, a donor. While he might have thought it was harmless and artistic, we all know that the video caused quite a stir, as many thought the women in the video were objectified and treated as just parts (the focus was mostly on their backsides, which went along with the song’s lyrics). The first time you saw a naked statue did you think, ‘Oh man I’m looking at something or…you know?'” I thought that was very, very, very artistic. Maybe some people mistook it the wrong way.īomani Jones: “What was artistic about sliding that credit card down a woman’s body?” I put it on a show that was for adults at an adult time. Being an artist, your responsibility is to create. I never regret it as far as being an artist. Nelly: “That was a very, very very interesting day.
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