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In The Ghetto is a single from Busta Rhymes' album The Big Bang, and features the late Rick James. Lil' Wayne, Snoop Dogg, MC Eiht, Westurn Union, Daz Dillinger, Warren G, Spliff Star, Rah Digga, DJ Green Lantern, Papoose and Ty James, the daughter of Rick James, made video cameo appearances. It was produced by DJ Green Lantern and Dr. Dre.

Song Information

The song samples James' "Ghetto Life" from his Street Songs album. At the end of the song Green Lantern threw in a sample of Rick James at the 2004 BET Awards in which he exclaims, "Never mind who you thought I was... I'm Rick James bitch!" and was immediately followed by "Cocaine is a hell of a drug!". The video for the song was filmed between July 17th-19th 2006 in New York, Baltimore and Los Angeles and was directed by Chris Robinson of HSI Productions. Pre-production and casting by Robin Frank Management.

Chart Information

Charts

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|align="left"|Radio+Records Airplay - Urban
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Gallery

Image:Busta rhymes 'in the ghetto' video.jpg|Busta Rhymes appearing in the outro of the video
Image:In The Ghetto photoshoot.jpg|Westurn Union, MC Eiht, Daz, HD with Busta Rhymes at "In The Ghetto" photoshoot
Image:Westurn Union wit Snoop, Daz, HD, and Rick James daughter @ In The Ghetto photoshoot.jpg|Westurn Union with Snoop, Daz, HD, and Rick James daughter at "In The Ghetto" photoshoot

Category:2006 singles
Category:Busta Rhymes songs
Category:Snoop Dogg promo videos
Category:Posthumous songs