Watch a New Video for Radamiz’s ‘Sumner’

Just in time, Radamiz liberates a music video for his track “Sumner” today. Directed by Slack Barrett & FifthGod, the video catches Radamiz posted up on the strip, working his way through the Sumner Housing Development, mostly solo, taking in his community and showing us his home, his parents and so forth. It ends with a stunning image of Radamiz on the roof, overlooking his city, his community, and claiming his rightful ownership over it that he has earned so far.

Talking to USA Today Radamiz explaines that “Even though I’ve been raised in the projects, in Bed Stuy, in Brooklyn, I’ve never been the kid hanging on the block every day,” he said in a phone call with For The Win. “Not that people don’t know who I am, but growing up, it was always home … but it was never my reality that I felt totally connected.”

“So for me, naming a song after where I’m from and shooting a music video here, it was about me exposing a little bit of insecurity. It was awkward. Where I’m from is what made me, but I’m not connected to it like other people. That’s what we were trying to show. That’s why I’m alone for most of the video.”

The music video seems like a classic vision of New York City through the eyes of the beholder, which in this case is Radamiz. There are countless different ways to how you paint a picture of the big city and there is no single right way of looking at it. You can use as many colors as you want or make it as minimum as possible. In this case, Radamiz uses as many wordplay as possible to paint a vivid picture of the city he is from. Take a look below.