How did you get chosen to direct Rick Ross Hustlin & DJ Khaleds Born & Raised video?
Gil Green: I had met Rick over five years ago on the set of a Trina video. He knew that I directed this film for Three 6 Mafia, called Choices. He loved the film and told me that when he does his first video, that he wants me to direct it. Rick is true to his word. When I first heard Khaled playing “Hustlin”, I was blown away by the song. I wrote a treatment for the video, before they decided what record label they were going to be on. I just knew this was the biggest song of the year. Also, growing up in Miami, I knew exactly what to show in this video. Not the Miami all the tourists know, but how we grow up down here, over the bridge. I was really associated with the Born & Raised video out of my love for the song and watching Khaled, Trick [Daddy], [Rick] Ross, and Pit all come up from their beginnings. I mean I saw these cats put in the hard work to get where they are and have always been proud how they rep Miami. I Executive Produced the video through my own production company cal
