August 1990...  The band i wuz in, "Unity 2", wuz in the game pretty heavy.  We were opening up shows 4 "A Tribe Called Quest" (this is back when "Bonita Applebum" wuz first hittin' the masses), "The Jungle Brothers", "Murphy's Law" and "H.R." ("Bad Brains")...  So, the label (Reprise/Warner Bros.) decides itz time 4 "Unity 2" 2 make a video and release their album.  I wuzn't on the album (they had recorded it just b-4 i joined the band) but they wanted the whole band 2 be in the video for the first single called "Whut is it yo?!".  The label flys us out to L.A. and we did a small promo tour of southern cali and shot the video.  The video shoot consisted of all of us (9 band members including the two lead MCs, Cavo and NeNe) getting on this SMALL ass raft that wuz floating in the pacific.  We were supposed act like we were playin the song in the middle of the ocean, on some cast-away type sh*t.  We get on this fly-ass yacht 2 take us 2 the raft, i go up on deck and whut do i see?  A platform floating in the water that could barely fit all of us.  I'm like "We all gonna fit on that?" and the director is like "Of course!".  Then i look a little closer and see that they have my turntables out on the raft!! Now mind you, yea we shootin' a video but it wuzn't like we were makin' crazy loot off of shows or nuthin' like that... another words if my turntables fell off the raft i would be ass out.  So i start raisin' a ruckus screamin' "Whut the f*ck are my tables doin near water?!?!  That raft is barely gonna hold all of us!!!  Take my sh*t OFF that sh*t! NOWWW!!!"  Of course e'ryone is gassed 2 be in the video so their like "Yo Nas, stop bein a dick and let them put your sh*t on the raft."  I'm like "F*ck a video!  Thatz my money maker right there!  Who's gonna replace my sh*t if it falls in the water?!"  E'rybody wuz tryin' 2 convince me that nuthin would happen, my sh*t wuz safe and blah blah blah.  As they're tryin' 2 convince me 2 put my sh*t on the raft, i see one of the video guys bump into the drummer's snare drum stand and knock it into the ocean.  It wuz made of metal so of course it quickly sank 2 the bottom of the pacific.  At this point i'm ready 2 fight... "Take my sh*t off that raft before i start punchin people in they face!"  After like an hour of beef, they reluctantly pulled my tables off the raft.  This is back when most directors didn't really understand or respect hip hop so they made me stand behind a steel oil drum with a record on it and told me 2 act as if i wuz scratchin' it.  The director would actually be like "Cuuuut!!! Nastee, we need more scratch action from you!!"  Meanwhile, it wusn't even me scratchin on the damn song (like i said they album wuz done b-4 i joined the group)... how corny can you get?!   I found the video on youtube just recently... you'll see my face has the ice-grill cuz i wuzn't even tryin' 2 be in the sh*t...  they caught me smilin' once or twice, lol!! Nonetheless, it wuz a great experience, and the video even got a play on "Yo MTV Raps", BET's  "Rap City"and this footage is from "Video Music Box" in NYC...  i guess thatz whut payin' dues is all about...