Birdman “White T-Shirt Army”
Animation
Client: Apple Music / Doubleday & Cartwright
Director: Yué Wu
Yué Wu was invited by Apple and our friends at Doubleday & Cartwright to create an animated short film to be distributed by Apple Music as a companion to Birdman’s “Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story” documentary feature.
The team at Doubleday & Cartwright provided Yué with an audio interview of Birdman telling a fun anecdote about originally getting snubbed by New York City’s rap elite just a few years before the Cash Money Records crew would go on to conquer the world with their southern flavor, sell over one billion records and build an empire of subsidiary labels with multi-platinum artists such as Lil’Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Young Thug and more.
The story culminates with an hilarious face-off between Birdman and Diddy, as the Cash Money overlord shows up to the famed music mogul’s Hamptons party with about a hundred uninvited New Orleans goons, all wearing white t-shirts and camouflage bandanas - Birdman’s very own “White T-Shirt Army”.
Yué created a 60 second animated short bringing this amusing story to life with impeccable attention to detail, incorporating his striking portraits, scenic compositions, and witty animations.
“White T-Shirt Army” and “Before Anythang” are currently on Apple Music.
