Lupita Nyong’o Stars In Brent Faiyaz’s “WY@” Music Video

Brent Faiyaz recruited an Oscar winner to appear in his latest music video. Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther, Us) rides with the UnitedMasters-backed recording artist for the new “WY@” visuals.

“WY@” landed on Wednesday (February 14) which happened to be Valentine’s Day. Mark Peaced directed the clip which has already broken into the Top 30 of YouTube’s trending section for music.

Brent Faiyaz included “WY@” on his 2023 mixtape titled Larger than Life. That project featured guest appearances by Missy Elliott, Coco Jones, A$AP Rocky, Babyface Ray and other acts. Dpat produced several tracks on Larger than Life, including the “WY@” single.

Larger than Life became Faiyaz’s third Top 20 entry on the Billboard 200 chart. The Maryland native previously reached that region with 2022’s RIAA platinum-certified Wasteland studio LP and 2020’s RIAA platinum-certified F*ck the World EP.

Brent Faiyaz also found commercial success with “Wasting Time” featuring Drake. He scored his biggest hit as a feature on GoldLink’s six-platinum-certified “Crew” collaboration along with Shy Glizzy.

Lupita Nyong’o won an Academy Award for her role as Patsey in the 2013 biographical drama film 12 Years a Slave. The Mexico-born, Kenya-raised actress also voiced Maz Kanata in several Star Wars movies.

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