De La Soul - Rock Co. Kane Flow

This music video I animated for De La Soul & MF DOOM sees the group come to life as Wrestling superheroes battling aliens in an epic and darkly comic piece, where Hip-Hop meets superhero action.

The big challenge of this project was bringing back Hip Hop legends Trugoy the Dove and MF DOOM, two icons of the genre who have sadly since passed. We knew we didn’t want to go down the road of AI and Deepfaking, instead opting to create a fully animated video, with re-imagined versions of all the characters, no small undertaking.

Posdnuos (of De La Soul) had a clear vision of the vibe and comedic tone of the video, looking to recreate the group’s look during the grind date’s release over 20 years ago (with a wrestling superhero twist). We took influence from various superhero films and media, and drew upon hours of classic wrestling footage for reference. After months of animating, rendering and complex Visual effects work, we were finally able to bring De La Soul & MF DOOM to the big screen just as they were in 2004.