▁Sim one ' s ▁song ▁" F our ▁Women ". ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" The ▁Story ▁of ▁O . J ." ▁premier ed ▁on ▁July ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁on ▁Jay - Z ' s ▁Ve vo ▁account ▁on ▁YouTube . ▁It ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Jay - Z ▁and ▁Mark ▁Roman ek . ▁▁ ▁The ▁video ▁uses ▁a ▁style ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁C ens ored ▁Ele ven ▁cart o ons , ▁dep ict ing ▁several ▁well - known ▁s tere ot ypes ▁associated ▁with ▁African ▁Americans . ▁Among ▁other ▁things , ▁the ▁video ▁touch es ▁on ▁African ▁American ▁culture , ▁various ▁roles ▁within ▁the ▁black ▁community , ▁and ▁how ▁the ▁black ▁community ▁is ▁affected ▁by ▁money . ▁O . ▁J . ▁Sim pson ▁( the ▁song ' s ▁names ake ) ▁is ▁featured ▁saying ▁the ▁rum ored ▁line , ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁black , ▁I ' m ▁O . J ., " ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁wealth , ▁not or iety , ▁and ▁fame ▁can ▁trans c end ▁race . ▁The ▁video ▁was ▁ranked ▁the ▁best ▁music ▁video ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁by ▁Rol ling ▁Stone . ▁ ▁Awards ▁ ▁Person nel ▁▁ ▁Steve ▁Wy re man ▁–   gu itar , ▁bass , ▁cel este , ▁CS - 8 0 , ▁electric ▁piano ▁ ▁G im el ▁" You ng ▁G uru " ▁Ke aton ▁– ▁recording ▁ ▁Jimmy ▁Doug lass ▁– ▁mixing ▁ ▁Dave ▁K utch