Imagine rap history colliding with 1700s courtroom drama—that’s Crockatoa. B. Lyrical, alongside Singular, YUNGkata, Underestimated, and photographer NPP, turns his hometown heroes into “founding fathers” of rap, blending humor, historical flair, and unstoppable energy. The result? A music video that’s as visually bold as it is cleverly fun, passing the torch to a new generation while keeping viewers hooked from start to finish.

How did the idea for the music video, “Crockatoa”come about?

B. Lyrical had just sent me the final version of the song with Singular’s verse on it, and then he immediately called me. When I picked up, he started talking about how he wanted to make the video a funny metaphor for passing the torch to the next generation of music artists from his hometown. -Mitpar

Who did you collaborate with during the production, and in what way?

“Alongside B. Lyrical and Singular, we also had artists YUNGkata, Underestimated, and photographer NPP acting as additional “founding fathers of rap” to represent a more broad audience of the Lake County music scene. -Mitpar

What was the main concept or message you wanted to convey through the video?

“We really wanted to drive home the “founding fathers” theme. Besides the costumes and horses, it was super helpful that we were able to use an actual 1700’s courtroom in a museum. We even included a short skit at the end of the music video of B. Lyrical listing the rules from the “declaration of RAPdependance”, which was a list of basic rules that music artists should follow to achieve their own success; Don’t be a clone, clear your samples, own your masters, a bunch of the basics for people who take their craft seriously. -Mitpar

How does the visual style of the video reflect the mood or themes of the song?

I went for a lot of handheld shots for this video for additional shakes and movement because the song is very upbeat. And with our two main locations being one indoors and one outdoors, I went for a lot of flashing and lens flare transitions to help move back and forth between direct and indirect sunlight. -Mitpar

What were the biggest challenges during filming, and how did you overcome them?

The only real challenge we had was a last minute cancellation from one of our extras who was supposed to have a powdered wig and pose as a founding father, but thankfully there was a festival happening outside of the museum we were filming in, so in full costume, B. Lyrical went up and down the street full of people and ran into NPP who was in the middle of taking pictures at the festival. When he heard the idea, he walked right back to the museum and we handed him a wig. -Mitpar

Can you describe your creative process from the initial idea to the final cut?

I was driving and the music video concept just hit me, of getting the “founding fathers” together. I didn’t know what song it was going to be a video for, then my manager sent me the song saying that Singular wanted to get on the track with me, so I immediately went and looked for historic locations. I thought that Singular would influence the traction for it. The process stemmed outwards naturally out of nowhere and just attached itself. - B. Lyrical

Did you draw inspiration from any films, artists, or visual styles?

I had instructed everyone to progressively act more and more crazy for the museum scenes to kind of replicate the energy of the Brethren Court scene from Pirates of the Caribbean 3, where all the most important pirates are arguing in a room together. I had recently rewatched the movie and the lines “This is madness” and “This is politics” sealed the deal for me on that idea for how I wanted that scene to look. -Mitpar

How did the collaboration between the artists influence the final result of the video?

I would say that doing a song with Singular definitely made me want to kind of have a more flashy and catchy video just because she brings a lot of energy and a lot of motion to the table, so I wanted to do something that she was proud of as well, Even though it was on the more creative and fun side, I still wanted it to be taken seriously because she is a heavy hitting artist so I think that I think that her influence in the music world definitely affected the presentation that I wanted and wanted it to be something a little more than just the average music video. -B. Lyrical