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Shia's Oscar Weekend: Directing Rap Video

by Celebuzz on Feb. 24, 2009 09:00 AM / 7 Comments

This video directing stuff is really catching on for Shia LaBeouf.

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen star spent this Oscar weekend directing a video for longtime friend and rapper Cage, Celebuzz has learned exclusively.

The video, for Cage's single "I Never Knew You," was shot at the American Apparel factory in downtown Los Angeles.

It's a "stingy, weird warehouse," Christian Bernhardt, a booking agent for Cage, tells Celebuzz.

Bernhardt would not say whether Shia would appear in the video. But Celebuzz learned that 500 extras were needed to create a human circle for a dream sequence in the video that was shot Sunday.

Both rapping and video direction are two areas of growing expertise for Shia. Longtime friend, Rumspringa's Itaru de La Vega, told Celebuzz that LaBeouf would break into long free-style raps during the filmed road-trip that became their music video − Shia's directorial debut.

"He'd rap for like miles at a time, causing us to miss our stops sometimes," de la Vega said. "It was so entertaining. He's done that since high school and he's surprisingly really talented at it.”

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bawwow 9 mos ago
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i'd kill to hear shia rapping
someonecool 9 mos ago
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@ bawwow:
no need to kill, here you go lol. Shia was in a rap group.

http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=Paxzn_SqlQI
bawwow 9 mos ago
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that doesnt work!
Mia 9 mos ago
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Remove the space before the underscore :)
nope 9 mos ago
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nope. didnt work
someonecool 8 mos ago
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bawwow said:
that doesnt work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pax zn_SqlQI

or go to youtube and search for "Shia Labeouf will Make Yah Dance" ;)
Pharmg876 1 mo ago
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