On December 13, 2011, after their last Los Angeles stop at Staples Centre on their Watch the Throne Tour, Jay-Z announced that the live performance would be used for the song's music video.
The video was released on February 9, 2012 through VEVO and was directed by Kanye West himself, who produced strobe light effects. The video takes place live and also there are shapes of flashing lights, signs from the songs, lions, panthers and a church (the Notre Dame in Paris). After West raps "Got my niggas in Paris, and they going gorillas", the crowd gets on their feet while West stops and shows the scene of Will Ferrell walking on the treadmill in the film Blades of Glory.
The music video for Niggas in Paris is very controversial with certain people because the video goes over the limit of how many strobe lights can be used in a music video. This caused many people to complain. The music video is very rarely shown on television due to the effect of what might happen as some people could have a seizure and die. The video is very fancy there is never one fixed shot. It is moving every second. One minute you see Jay z and Kanye West rap then the camera moves to someone in the crowd then random images start popping up in the video, including Will Ferrell from the film Blades of Glory.
The video has been watched on YouTube’s VEVO 39,129,287 times. The video has 174,051 likes and 12,858 dislikes. The song charted on the American billboard top 100 at number 5, which is very good for a rap single these days. On the UK singles chart it charted in at number 10. The song in the USA has sold over 2 million copies and in Canada the song sold over 1 million copies. The single also did very well overseas. I found the video on YouTube, VEVO, Kanye West fan site and Daily Motion. You can find the song on his album Watch The Throne.
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