The song and video, commissioned by Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer, follow a Jewish high school student being turned down by a girl because of his large nose and subsequently trying to correct it with rhinoplasty.

Originally a pickup group that Staiman used to record "Get", a song he wrote about the agunah crisis, they became a full-time band after "Get" found viral success, and released their debut album, There's No 'I' in Cherem, in 2011.

[1][2][3] "Jewcan Sam", intended as the lead single for an unreleased second album,[1] was commissioned by plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer, who had previously gained attention for his controversial children's book My Beautiful Mommy.

The video depicts Staiman as a high school student who is told by his girlfriend (Allyson Olowin) that if he doesn't get a nose job, she will dump him for a smaller-nosed "stud" (Edgar Tefel).

The video sparked an ethics investigation of Salzhauer by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, who called it "offensive and inappropriate" and said that he had failed "to uphold the dignity and honor of the medical profession.

It is also not meant to condone or encourage teen bullying, anti-semitism, scissor throwing by cheerleaders, student-teacher relationships, jumping on Oprah's couch like Tom Cruise, piano playing, underage drinking on your neighbor's balcony, driving a Porsche with a guy wearing a wig and holding a threatening hammer, taping your nose to impress a girl, eating Fruit Loops, performing nasal surgery with circumcision instruments and rabbi present, walking into scissor shaped hedges, cutting peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a giant steak knife, doing your boyfriend's math homework, or attending art class at 8AM on Monday....."[9]