R. Kelly Video Shoot, The Loop, Chicago

This morning as I was turning from Wacker to Wabash on my walk from the subway to work I noticed a bus parked on the sidewalk and some filming crews setting up. I didn’t really give it a second thought and assumd that Oceans 12 was shooting another Chicago scene, since we’ve been seeing film crews for the movie all around town. I could see the area from a window near the bathroom at work and I drank entirely too much water at work today so I looked out upon the scene many times throughout the day! I noticed another bus pull up and a boat got anchored nearby.

On my walk from the office back to the subway this evening there were a ton of people gathered on the bridge at Wacker/Wabash overlooking the boat. I stopped to take a peek and discovered that it wasn’t Oceans 12. R. Kelly was shooting a video. Currently facing 14-counts of child pornography, Kelly is Chicago’s #1 bad boy rapper R&B artist. Which should make me not like him, but I love the song Ignition Remix so much that I had to stop and watch the video shoot for a while. The bridge above the boat was crowded with fans and Kelly waved, blew kisses, and was generally nice – responding back when people shouted to him. Kelly, who was pimped out in all white, wasn’t the only one getting attention. The boat was filled with scantily-clad honies who drew many admiring men to the bridge. I heard one guy complain that there was only one thick girl on the boat. I was like “baby, you want thick? look at this!” Uh. Just kidding! That would be funny though.

If anyone can identify what song this video is for from this low-quality .mov clip, it’d be much appreciated!

See also:
» R. Kelly on the Chicago River (my Chicagoist post)

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