French Rapper Magically Appears in Famous Movie Scenes for Music Video
May 30, 2013 | Julia Dawidowicz
This is just ridiculous. In a new music video for his song “Mon pote,” French rapper Flynt, née Julien Vuidard, seemingly teleports from one iconic movie scene to the next, all the while rapping in his beautiful, satiny French accent about what we can only assume is something endearingly uplifting — “mon pote” means “my buddy” in English. Aw.
Seriously though. How did this Flynt dude manage to blend so seamlessly into notorious scenes from the likes of Pulp Fiction, Forest Gump, and A Clockwork Orange? Either he’s got some really rich/video-savvy buddies, or else he is a wizard.
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