On August 24 , 2013 , Director X directed the music video for " Thank You " in New York City with Busta Rhymes , Kanye West , Lil Wayne and Q-Tip . It was shot during the weekend of the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and various clips of it surfaced via Instagram . The majority of the video was shot using a green screen . On November 15 , 2013 , Busta Rhymes released a behind the scenes video in promotion of the video 's release . On November 25 , 2013 , the music video was released . It features additional cameo appearances from Mack Wilds , Mack Maine , ASAP Ferg , Victor Martinez , Ayisha Diaz and ASAP Nast . The week of its release , the video was named one of the best hip hop videos of the week by '' XXL '' . By December 4 , 2014 , the video had already received over 10 million views on YouTube
2013 MTV Video Music Awards
2013 MTV Video Music Awards
Thank You (Busta Rhymes song)