Is This The Greatest Music Video Ever Featuring An Old, Rich, White Rapper?

Oh, the Internet. You provide so many people with so many wonderful outlets to showcase their, uh, hidden talents. Which is to say, we'd like you to meet Allen Samuels, a 55-year-old Atlantic City casino executive who really just wants to rap. So badly he went and hooked up with a video production company to make a video under the name A. Samuels and here is his first single: "Livin De Life." You'll want to watch this before we continue:

So, where to begin with this one, right? Do we want to discuss Samuels' posse of kids walking through TriBeCa? The serious intro with the terrible French accent? Samuels smoking in a studio? Rapping in Times Square? Rhymes like "It ain't about the Asians, it ain't about the Jews/It ain't about the Christians, or Muslims, yo fools?" The random celebrity cameos (a photo of Shaq holding Samuels! TriBeCa Grill honcho Drew Nieporent)? In the end after watching this video all that we are really sure of is that Samuels is very confident that he is, uh, living some kind of life. Also that he probably shouldn't quit his day job if he wants to keep it up.

[Reddit via Vulture]

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By Garth Johnston in Arts & Entertainment on August 10, 2011 12:28 PM

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al symers

thats right anyone can rap, regardless of age or sex, or color, and do it well, even an old white guy from jersey, can rap and move and flow better then most of today's young hip rappers, what does that say, a lot of them are all name, hype, no style, wannabes, ya that's right casino man is schooling all those sad young wannabe gangster rappers who pretend too rap and can't, haha props to him, move over young useless rappers who suck and bore me and everyone else, there's a new rapper in town, and hes already living the life you pretend to rap about

Ragingsemi

I now officially crown A. Samuels...King Douche...long live the king!

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the hand clap at 1:32 seals the deal

Stephen Holding

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO BURN DOWN THE WEBBERNET.

TBE11

Denny Blazin Hazen is better. He's the original average white homeboy.

Guest

man, Vanilla Ice isn't aging so well...

Dead Himmler

Its really a shame how some people take advantage of the mentally challenged just for a laugh.

robingee

Oh, he's not serious.

tsol

I thought you were going to post the new Beasties video...

Rocknrope

I'm going to have douche chills until Friday after watching this vid.

zombiebob

Douche Chills! THATS what it's called!!!!!! Oh thank you thank you thank you. Serioulsy. That perfectly sums up the feeling when watching something like this... when you feel ackward, embarrassed, and shame on behalf of the person who is making an absolute tool of themselves. There REALLY is a physical feeling that accompanies it...

ceraunograph

He could take Rich Hil in a rap battle for sure.

RammyH

Honestly, I've heard worse. Trying to be constructively critical,

1) "Bitches" - dropped a few times and gratuitious.
2) The "dancing" or B-boy dips and hand gestures - that should be dropped as well.

If he just walked around in his fancy suits and acted like a rich 55yo White guy, he'd have come off better. But the "street' affectations make him look ridiculous.

Also, after 40, your jeans, shirt and belt should not be ripped;bedazzled;acid stained; or "Ed Hardy-ized" in any way.