3. In the beginning of the music video, Kodak seems to present the
setting, showing the audience where he is filming his music
video. The first impression of Haiti is rather glorious, as he
wants to present the island in it’s beauty, showing it’s capital.
This is also Kodak’s home island, which then furthers the
explanation of why he’s using it in his video.
As he presents the city, he shows it for all that it’s worth. It
depicts the poverty and the rich living basically next to each
other, with Kodak in the middle, as if representing his rise to
power, from the slums.
In this part of the video Kodak seems to show the people that
he rose to fame with, friends family and even acquaintances.
They all seem rather poor, this deduction is taken due to the
clothes that they’re wearing, however regardless of that fact
they all seem extremely pleased to be with each other, laughing
and smiling whereas there are a number of people in the video
who have gold chains and teeth, looking rather bleak, which
could then be presented as a representation of money doesn’t
4. In this part of the video you can see a child is shown having fun,
in the midst of the crowd of people, which could be seen as
another representation of “money can’t buy happiness”
As more children join the fray, this representation is only
enhanced further. Less people wearing expensive clothing/gold
chains/teeth are shown in the video, and the main focus more
or less becomes people of all ages getting together and having
fun.
In this next part of the clip, Kodak black and French Montana
are depicted in a old car, which is later on to be revealed that
this was Kodak's dream car as a child. Now seeing him driving it
about more or less gives the audience the idea of how he’s
achieved his goals and now he’s living in comfort and luxury.
5. As the music video reaches it’s ending, Kodak eventually
strays from the original message of money doesn’t buy
happiness, and seems to focus on him and French Montana.
As the music video reaches it’s ending, Kodak eventually
strays from the original message of money doesn’t buy
happiness, and seems to focus on him and French Montana.
Once again Kodak’s close friends are shown in the music
video, which could be a representation of his generosity, as
he brought his friends and family up to fame with him
aswell.
