Ghanaian afrofusionist Black Sherif has shared a new visual treatment for “45” — a track from his debut album, The Villain I Never Was, released on October 6 via Blacko Management with global support from EMPIRE. The video comes courtesy of “Boy Director” TG Omori, a leading force in the visual landscape of contemporary African pop.
“45” is an illustrative example of the Sherif expertly blends Afrobeats and Ghanaian drill, creating something a sound slightly more akin to western hip-hop than that of his Nigerian counterparts.
In Omori’s clip, Sherif plays the record’s titular outlaw, with scenes of lavish partying and paranoid, late-night reflection sprinkled into the video’s main plot line: a frantic police chase. At its end, he finds himself cornered by two cop cars on a deserted, sandy strip outside the city, at which point he sets himself and his car on fire and walks away from the wreckage, fully ablaze but seemingly unscathed. Watch it above.
Black Sherif shares “45” video
