Hip-hop has always depended on image as much as sound. Certain songs hit because they are undeniable, but certain eras feel immortal because somebody found the perfect way to make them look larger than life. Few directors have understood that better than Director X. Across decades of rap, R&B, dancehall, and crossover pop, he helped shape the way power, cool, excess, color, motion, and charisma were translated onto the screen.
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