Raheem DeVaughn has been on the tip of every woman’s tongue ever since he released the sexually charged video “Single” earlier this week. In it, the usually reserved soul singer engages in a very explicit rendezvous that leaves nothing to the imagination as DeVaughn an his temptress move their way through the Kama Sutra.
DeVaughn recently sat down with Vibe magazine to describe the motivations behind it, and the comparison between his video and Keri Hilson’s.
On the motivation for the video …
I wanted to create an image that was tasteful, but cutting edge, provocative, grown … real. I wanted to have people guessing and jaw-dropping. I knew it was going to be big but I didn’t guess all this. I was curious to see just how many people are checking for me, but it looks like a lot of people are.
On whether he had doubts about shooting the video …
From day one I’ve blown myself up and at this point in my career I’ve been blessed. I’ve always been hands-on with my music and my movement. I’ve blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer. So right now it’s cool for me to blow up my sexy, too. It’s cool to be a heterosexual man and be confident and feel sexy and want to give my female audience a taste of ‘What if.’ I know they wonder.
On the double standard between his video and Keri Hilson’s …
I haven’t seen her video yet, but I’ve seen some of the comments. Someone created a blog page on just me and her. They had our pictures up like mug shots like how does this dude go from “Customer” to this? Easy. It’s art man, don’t take it so seriously. I’m a fan of Keri. Unfortunately for women though, if they decide to be promiscuous they’re going to get a bad rap. It is what it is. We all know that. But hopefully, it was her decision. If she’s cool with it, I’m cool with it.
Watch DeVaughn’s video below.
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