Howard U. Nixes Marching Band’s Appearance in DMX Video
October 31, 2003
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The Howard University marching band was offered a spot in the rap video “We Bout to Blow” by DMX, but university officials decided that participation would not be in the best interests of the university.
“The timing of the request did not give General Counsel a lot of time to review the contract,” Franklin Chambers, vice provost of student affairs said. “In the end, we decided that it wasn’t in our best interest to commercialize what we do educationally.”
Over the years, the marching band has done many events with Def Jam artists such as DMX, and the marching band was offered the video based on that working relationship and experience.
During Howard’s Homecoming, students speculated about when and where on campus the video would be shot. Read more
