Hype Williams

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Harold "Hype" Williams (born 1970 in Queens, New York) is an American music video and film director of African-American and Honduran descent. The son of working-class parents, he grew up wanting to be a painter. Williams displayed his work by tagging local billboards, storefronts, and playgrounds; using, HYPE as his graffiti tag. "That's probably what stimulated my interests in color," he says. "I wanted to be Basquiat or Keith Haring of the streets." <ref>[1]</ref>.

Williams is notable for creating a number of groundbreaking and successful music videos for hip hop and R&B artists such as Craig Mack ("Flava In Ya Ear"), LL Cool J ("Doin' It"), Nas ("If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)", "Street Dreams"), Missy Elliott ("The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "She's a Bitch"), Busta Rhymes ("Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"), Kelis ("Caught Out There"), and Jay-Z ("Big Pimpin'").

In 1998, he directed his first feature film, Belly.

Awards Williams has received for his video work include the Billboard Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for Busta Rhymes' "Woo Hah," the NAACP Image Award (1997), the 8th annual MVPA Award for Black Music Achievement (1997), MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rap Video (1998) category for Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999) for TLC's "No Scrubs,” Winner of the BET Award for Best Director (2006) for Kanye West's “Gold Digger,”<ref>[2]</ref>

In 2006, Williams was honored by MTV with its Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, presented in honor of his achievements, as Kanye West would put it, as a "film maker." He received a standing ovation.<ref>[3]</ref>

Hype's next project will be directing an epic video for Age Of Innocence, who recently reached #1 in 47 countries.

1 Videography
- 1.1 1992
- 1.2 1993
- 1.3 1994
- 1.4 1995
- 1.5 1996
- 1.6 1997
- 1.7 1998
- 1.8 1999
- 1.9 2000
- 1.10 2001
- 1.11 2002
- 1.12 2003
- 1.13 2004
- 1.14 2005
- 1.15 2006
2 External links
3 Notes

[edit] Videography

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[edit] 1992

Strickly Roots - "Duck the Boys in Blue"
Zhigge - "Rakin' in the Dough"
Cutty Ranks - "Living Condition"

[edit] 1993

Eric Sermon – "Hittin' Switches"
Positive K – "I Got a Man" (version 1)
Mangu – "La Playa"
K-7 – "Zunga Zeng"
M.O.P - "How About Some Hardcore"

[edit] 1994

Craig Mack – Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)
Wu-Tang Clan – "Can It Be All So Simple?"
Jodeci – "Feenin'"
Mic Geronimo - "Shit's Real"
Da Bush Babees - "We Run Things (It's Like That)"
Gravediggaz - "Diary Of A Madman"
Craig Mack – "Get Down"

[edit] 1995

Naughty by Nature – "Craziest"
The Notorious B.I.G. – "One More Chance" [version 2: remix]
Warren G – "So Many Ways"
Brandy – "Baby"
The Notorious B.I.G. – "Warning"
The Notorious B.I.G. – "Big Poppa"
Brandy feat. Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, & Yo Yo – "I Wanna Be Down" (version 2:remix)
Adina Howard – "Freak Like Me"
Montell Jordan – "This Is How We Do It"
The Notorious B.I.G. – "One More Chance" (version 1)
Guru & Chaka Khan – "Watch What You Say"
Montell Jordan – "Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz" (version 1)
Brandy & Wanya Morris - "Brokenhearted"
Boyz II Men - "Vibin'" (version 2)
Brandy - "Sittin' Up In My Room"
Blackstreet feat. SWV - "Tonite's The Night"
Hodge - "Head Nod" [Remix]
Mic Geronimo - "Masta I.C."
OutKast - "Benz or Beamer"
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya/Baby C'Mon"
Sam Sneed - "U Betta Recognize"
Ca$h Money Click- '4 My Click'

[edit] 1996

2Pac feat. Dr. Dre - "California Love" (version 2: Mad Max, version 3: remix)
D'Angelo - "Lady" (version 1)
LL Cool J feat. Boyz II Men - "Hey Lover"
R. Kelly feat. Ronald Isley - "Down Low (nobody has to know)" (version 1)
Busta Rhymes - "Woo-hah! Got You All In Check" (version 1)
The Tony Rich Project - "Nobody Knows "
R. Kelly - "Thank God It's Friday"
LL Cool J - "Doin' It"
Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy - "That Girl"
Nas feat. Lauryn Hill - "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)"
Nas - "Street Dreams"
Nas feat. R.Kelly - "Street Dreams (Remix)"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Once Again"
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - "No Diggity" (version 1)
R. Kelly - "I Can't Sleep Baby" (If I remix)
A Tribe Called Quest - "Stressed Out" (version 1)
Jay-Z feat. Mary J. Blige - "Can't Knock The Hustle"
LL Cool J featuring Total - "Loungin'" (remix)
Foxy Brown featuring Blackstreet - "Get Me Home"
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"
Group Therapy feat. Dr. Dre, RBX, KRS-One, B-Real & Nas - "East Coast West Coast Killaz"
The Monstars (from Space Jam) - "Hit 'Em High"
The Isley Brothers feat. R. Kelly - "Let's Lay Together"
Total - "No One Else"
Babyface feat. LL Cool J, Jody Watley, etc. - "This Is For The Lover In You""