Globe said, on the song his "conflated swagger tips into caricature." Craig Jenkins of Pitchfork Media stated, "Given a shot at breaking kayfabe and speaking on the incident, Ross largely opts out, spitting street rap boilerplate in a Biggie cadence he can never quite pull off." Brandon Soderberg of Spin criticized the song for having zero insight or perspective. Live performances On March 5, 2014, Rick Ross performed "Nobody" on Late Night with Seth Meyers along with French Montana. He also closed his appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show the following day by performing the song. Ross then performed the song during his sets at SXSW. Music video An unofficial music video for the song, directed by Maybach Music Group's Dre Films, was released on February 21, 2014. Four days later a teaser for the official music video was released. On February 27, 2014, the official music video for the song was released. The video begins with a cinematic retelling of the January 2013 drive-by shooting that targeted Rick Ross. Diddy starts things off in the video with the song's opening monologue. As detectives watch him on a surveillance monitor, Diddy chastises a couple of his associates. Montana then performs the refrain of the song from an interrogation room as a police officer tapes his statement. Meanwhile, Ross who is dressed in a black sports jacket and white collared shirt, lights a cigar as he begins his testimony. Overall it follows a murderous double-cross with Ross narrating the story. The final scene of the videos reveals a decapitated man's body lying in a ditch as the mysterious man featured throughout the video walks off into the darkness. Jordan Sargent of Fuse spoke of the video saying, the story "is mostly incoherent and hard to follow. The highlight of the video is the stark cinematography, with fluorescent lights reflecting off of Ross' perfectly circular sunglasses. As he exhales smoke, looking commanding and wealthy, we're treated to as perfect and accurate a representation of his character as we've seen in a while." Charts References 2013 songs Rick Ross songs French Montana songs Songs written by Sean Combs Songs written by Rick Ross Songs written by French Montana Songs written by the Notorious B.I.G. Songs written by Stevie J