{"id":803779,"date":"2026-10-15T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803779\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:14:09","slug":"jerus-me-or-the-papes-gets-official-youtube-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803779\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeru\u2019s \u2018Me Or The Papes\u2019 Gets Official YouTube Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/artist\/jeru-the-damaja\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeru The Damaja<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMe Or The Papes\u201d music video has officially launched on YouTube. The clip was made for a single from the Brooklyn rapper\u2019s sophomore album, Wrath Of The Math, and arrives on the anniversary of its release in 1996. David Faustino and Marc Klasfeld directed the video, while longtime collaborator DJ Premier produced the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe Or The Papes\u201d was the second single released from Wrath Of The Math, which followed Jeru\u2019s 1994 debut, The Sun Rises In The East. DJ Premier produced both albums in full, extending a partnership that grew out of Jeru\u2019s association with Gang Starr. The second record also included \u201cYa Playin\u2019 Yaself,\u201d \u201cOne Day,\u201d and \u201cScientifical Madness,\u201d with Afu-Ra appearing on \u201cPhysical Stamina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across Wrath Of The Math, Jeru examined the commercialization of hip-hop alongside questions of knowledge, personal responsibility, and the pressures facing Black Americans. The album built on subjects introduced in his debut while carrying several ideas forward through related songs. \u201cPhysical Stamina\u201d followed \u201cMental Stamina,\u201d while \u201cRevenge Of The Prophet (Part 5)\u201d returned to the character associated with \u201cYou Can\u2019t Stop The Prophet.\u201d The record reached No. 3 on Billboard\u2019s R&amp;B\/hip-hop albums chart and No. 35 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>Jeru\u2019s recording career began with an appearance on \u201cI\u2019m The Man,\u201d from Gang Starr\u2019s 1992 album, Daily Operation. His subsequent single \u201cCome Clean\u201d helped lead to a deal with Payday Records and the release of The Sun Rises In The East. Reflecting on that period in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/stories\/jeru-the-damaja-the-sun-rises-in-the-east\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an interview<\/a>, Jeru described his work with Premier as a collaboration shaped by friendship and direct feedback, with the producer adapting beats to his taste. He also recalled recording at D&amp;D Studios and taking an active role in developing his music videos, writing treatments and working with their creators on storylines and visual ideas.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGAogciBoFztW0nCI14Yy-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Visit Jeru\u2019s YouTube channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeru The Damaja\u2019s \u201cMe Or The Papes\u201d music video has officially launched on YouTube. The clip was made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,677,72177,263898,263899,128,73135,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-803779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-homepage-featured","tag-jeru-the-damaja","tag-me-or-the-papes","tag-music","tag-music-video","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}