Seems a bit odd to come out in opposition to this – if you don’t like the vid, then just don’t publish it – no need to draw attention to the matter with a statement.
I appreciate STW is a business, and the owners have the right to decide whatever they wish to promote, but surely it’s best to go with whatever is the views of your demographic, and if you’re unsure then just don’t comment on the matter?
So far on Youtube it’s been viewed by 703,585 people of which 7,843 have voted on it.
98.15% of these votes are thumbs up (7,698) and 1.85% (145) are thumbs down. This is fairly indicative of the video, on the whole, not causing too much offence. Content wise, compared to the average hip hop video it’s pretty tame.
Granted it’s not Danny’s best work, but this is probably due to the fact that they presumably had a limited time on the location for the shoot, and so couldn’t be as ambitious as previous projects.
Given all the events that are going on around the world, there are far more controversial and important issues to highlight, than a relatively harmless video on Youtube.