[1][2][3] The song was originally intended to be included on Ice Prince's second studio album, Fire of Zamani (2013), but was ultimately removed from the final track list due to reasons that haven't been made public.

[5][6] The music video for "V.I.P" was directed by Clarence Peters at Dream Studios and uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2013.

The video features cameo appearances from several acts, including M.I, Dr SID, and Phyno.

[10] In February 2014, Ice Prince defended Peters' actions and said he told him the ideas to shoot.

[12] Aribaba, another editor for Jaguda.com, gave the song a rating of 5 out of 10, praising its instrumentation and chorus, while denouncing it for lacking freshness and excitement.