The song 's music video was directed by Hype Williams , who also directed West 's previous video , " Diamonds from Sierra Leone " . Shot in a widescreen letterbox format , using stylized art direction with few props , the video features performances shots of West interspersed with footage of Williams ' trademark female video models depicted as " pin-up " cover models from fictional vintage magazines . The titles of the magazines on whose covers the women appear reflect the correlating verses in the song . Foxx is also present , lip-synching both his own parts and the Ray Charles vocal sample . John Legend makes a brief cameo . " Gold Digger " won the BET Award for Video of the Year at the 2006 BET Awards and received nominations for both Best Male Video and Best Hip Hop Video , at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards but did not win either of these awards
2006 MTV Video Music Awards
2006 MTV Video Music Awards
Gold Digger (Kanye West song)