The music video was released on August 22, 2012 on MTV's RapFix Live and premiered on YouTube the same day.

He dedicates the video to Paul Robeson and the "many black actors who endured the humiliating process of blackface in America".

MDMA made a cameo appearance singing his lines in the end of the video.

The song has garnered praise from artists such as Janelle Monáe, Talib Kweli, Jill Scott, and Kanye West, who even posted the video on his Twitter.

The song, however, was not well received by Spin Magazine, who wrote that the song and the video were "mansplaining...half-baked conscious hip-pop...muddled, measly-mouthed missive...reckless social commentary...poorly thought-out grab for attention", and claimed that Lupe has a "moronic lyrics-over-everything attitude".