What Happened to That Boy

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"What Happened to That Boy"
Single by Baby featuring Clipse
from the album Birdman
Released2002
Recorded2002
Genre Hip hop
Length4:17
Label Cash Money
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Neptunes
Baby singles chronology
"Do That..."
(2002)		"What Happened to That Boy"
(2002)		"Hell Yeah"
(2003)

"What Happened to That Boy" is a song by American rapper Baby, released as the second single from his debut studio album Birdman (2002), featuring rap duo Clipse.

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Critical reception

Paul Wong of The Michigan Daily praised Baby's rapping on "What Happened to That Boy", noting that he "runs the show with his slick southern delivery". [1]

Music video

The music video for "What Happened to That Boy" was directed by Benny Boom and filmed in New Orleans. [2] The video had to be recorded twice: following the completion of the original shoot, it transpired that the cinematographer had placed the film reel into the camera backwards, meaning none of the shoot had been captured. [2] Clipse agreed to return to New Orleans for a second shoot, which was this time successful: the video ultimately took a week to produce. [2]

Role in Clipse vs. Cash Money feud

"What Happened to That Boy" is rumored throughout the hip-hop community to have sparked the long-running feud between Clipse and Cash Money Records, although the artists involved have not confirmed this publicly. [3] [4] [5] [6] According to Hot 97 hip-hop DJ Ebro Darden, The Neptunes never received the payment they were promised from Cash Money for producing "What Happened to That Boy"; as a result, Pharrell Williams is alleged to have refused to work with the label in the future, leading Clipse member Pusha T to repeatedly attack Cash Money artists – mainly Lil Wayne at first, then Drake throughout the 2010s – in his music over the following years, out of loyalty to Williams. [4] [6]

Charts

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