Hot in herre: Behind the scenes of Nelly’s ‘Body on Me’ video shoot

Nelly and Akon play games
(Photos were by Erik Kabik | Retna)

For anyone who claims we don’t throw enough love to the hip-hop community (and damn, wouldn’t you know you were wrong?), VEGASinsight hashad nearly-exclusive, behind-the-scenes photos from the soon-to-be-released video for Nelly’s hot new single, “Body on Me,” from his latest album, Brass Knuckles. The song (and video) features Ashanti and Akon, and as you can seecould have seen from the photo gallery here, the video definitely taps into an old-school Vegas vibe (check out Akon and Nelly at the tables and Ashanti as a ’40s-style nightclub singer — if you’re not distracted by her in that sweet one-piece bathing suit). The video, directed by Benny Boom, was filmed on location at the Red Rock Casino-Resort-Spa in late June.

Unfortunately, because some people out there don’t understand the way that copyright works regarding non-reproduction of photos you don’t own — no matter the source — we had to remove the gallery before any more sites stole the images. I guess you’ll have to wait for the video now, won’t you? Good job, kids.

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6 Responses to “Hot in herre: Behind the scenes of Nelly’s ‘Body on Me’ video shoot”

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  3. IrishMASMS says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    Sounds like a perfest way to goatse the rap-up.com jokers – or even a rickroll!! ;p

  4. IrishMASMS says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    perfect, PERFECT!

    Doh! :(

  5. Am curious what problems you ran into regarding the copyright on this. Usually a link and credit keep the photogs happy. Who caused the problems — Erik the photographer or nefarious content scrapers ripping off you guys?

  6. Thanks for the question, Dan. Yes, usually a link and credit keep the photogs happy. But these were EXCLUSIVE photos, and we were one of only three sites that Erik had permission from the record company to even release them to. Once they were posted, other sites straight up snagged the photos and posted with no credit or links — but it wouldn’t have mattered, because any copying would have irked the record co. So per Erik’s kind request, we had to pull down the photos to prevent any more pilfering. But by then, the cat was out of the bag, and though Erik gave the OK to put ’em back up, it wasn’t worth the trouble by then.

    So, short answer: “nefarious content scrapers” ripping us off. Ugh.