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Ghostface Launches 'Wizard of Poetry' LP With 'Baby' Video

Video follows a relationship from courtship to parenthood.

Gandalf, Orko, Richard Pryor in 1978, and now comes another great wizard: [artist id="1215"]Ghostface Killah[/artist]. The Wu-Tang Clan member drops his Wizard of Poetry LP on September 29, and has launched the project with the single "Baby." The record is all about the evolution of a relationship, with Mr. Tony Starks having a baby with his wisdom, a.k.a. his girlfriend. They go from meeting to having great expectations for a little bundle of joy. Ghost and singer Raheem DeVaughn recently shot the video across the street from Rucker Park in New York's Harlem neighborhood.

"The concept is just how I tell the story," Ghost explained on his tour bus. "I ran up on the corner, on these two wizes [ wisdoms], I snatched one. I was throwing my darts. She was fronting at first. She messed around and gave me the number after a while. By the time the next verse comes, that's my girl. She's pregnant in the crib, checking on her daddy. We on the horn, by the end of the thing, she's gonna have the baby. It's all based around the hook: 'If it's a boy, his swag and diddy-bop will be just like mine/ If it's a girl, just like her momma, she gonna be so fly.' It's focused on the kids right now. Just regular summer day. Sun is shining, nothing too glossy."

DeVaughn, who sings the hook, wrote the chorus after the album's A&R rep, Lenny Santiago, pulled him into the project.

"Ghostface Killah! Wu-Tang!" DeVaughn yelled out during a break from the shoot.

"Real talk, it's an honor, some of the people I been blessed to work with thus far in my career, and perform with and tour with," DeVaughn said about appearing on the song. "Ultimately, if you put in hard work in this game, the people you look up to and admire ultimately become your peers, [and] your peers sometimes become fans of your work. It's deep. I've been able to play both sides of the fences, doing R&B and the hip-hop: UGK records, Talib Kweli records, my demographic is pretty diverse."

In real life, Ghost has his own babies. His teenager, Sun God, has appeared on records as well as live performances with him.

"It's glory, B," Ghost said. "It's glory to see your reflection on the stage doing what you do. And that's that. Every man, if they doing good, wants their son to be just like them or better than him. It's a blessing. He's still my baby. Still young to me, but he's learning.

"I got a few kids," he added. "As a dad, I try my best. I'm always in and out. I try to stay close to them and give them as much knowledge as I could give them. When I was young, I never got the 'I love you's and the hugs I give my kids. I'm glad I'm here to tell them I love them, and they can say I love you back."

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