West Coast rap veteran Glasses Malone is turning heads—and pointing fingers—in his blistering new music video “Wanted,” a visually charged indictment of what he sees as Hip-Hop’s current cultural crisis.
Framed as a fictional, high-stakes trial dubbed The State of Hip-Hop vs. The West Coast, the video captures the ongoing tension between mainstream rap’s commercial machine and the raw, unfiltered expression that birthed the genre.
In a move that’s already sparking debate, Malone casts a Drake look-alike to take the stand in a mock courtroom, symbolizing what he views as the rap superstar’s betrayal of the culture.
In a standout moment from the video, it’s dramatically announced that Drake—portrayed by the look-alike—will testify for the prosecution after “losing a rap battle,” an un