Rihanna's "Rude Boy" Director Speaks

As earlier reported here, many were talking that ish about Rihanna's new video for "Rude Boy" and comparing it to M.I.A. Boyz. The video's director Melina Matsoukas claims the was not her intent.

Here's Her Hollywood Statement On The Matter:

“I mean, you know that the video lends from a lot of Rasta culture and ’80s Atari vibe and that’s what we went with too,” Matsoukas said. “And then afterward I was like, ‘Oh, this sucks. They tore down my video.’ And her video’s great too. It definitely wasn’t trying to rip anybody off at all — it was just our approach and the animation stuff, it had a similar vibe. We’ve seen that before with Grace Jones and Andy Warhol, so I don’t know if anybody can lay claim to anything. We’re all inspired by similar elements and it came together in that way.”

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