Jay Z remakes Friends with all-black cast for 'Moonlight' music video

The track is taken from the rapper's new record 4:44

Jacob Stolworthy
Saturday 05 August 2017 14:15 BST
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Jay Z has released his very own version of beloved sitcom Friends featuring an all African-American cast.

The brand new video for 4:44 track “Moonlight,” which was exclusively unveiled on Tidal, also references the Best Picture error which rocked this year's Academy Awards when La La Land was incorrectly named as the evening's biggest winner in place of the song's namesake, Barry Jenkins drama Moonlight.

Jay Z's Friends re-imagining was directed by Alan Yang - co-creator and star of Netflix series Master of None - and features Jerrod Carmichael, Get Out star Lil Rel Howery and Issa Rae (US series Insecure) in the roles of Ross, Joey and Rachel.

Making up the rest of the collection is Emmy-nominated Atlanta star Lakeith Stanfield as Chandler, Tessa Thompson (Westworld, Thor Ragnarok) as Monica and Tiffany Haddish - who can currently be seen in new film Girls Trip - playing Phoebe.


The track, which samples dialogue from 2016 film Moonlight, features the lyrics: “We got stuck in La La Land" while also referencing Jordan Peele's horror satire Get Out which has become the most profitable film of 2017.

"Moonlight" was dropped at - wait for it - 4:44pm EST on Friday (4 August) and can currently only be seen on Tidal.

Yang, who posted a snippet online, claims it will be released “everywhere in a week" so watch this space.

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