She nodded yes and he shot some more footage. After my video director shot the scene, he asked her nicely, are you ok? Cause she was in the shot. At that moment sitting at the bus stop with her, I noticed she was NOT PLAYING to be unfortunate, she was the real thing! I had this sadness come over me cause while I'm PLAYING to be unfortunate, she had pain in her beautiful light brown right eye that was visible to me and I'm going to my mansion after we are done with this video. She had to be in her late 60s, pale skin, brown haired Caucasian woman. She was deep in like a catatonic state but still slightly coherent while waiting on a bus to arrive. I reached a bus stop right near the corner of 39th and Broadway getting ready for the director to yell action when this elderly lady came and sat beside me carrying a beat up bag and clothes to match. While PLAYING a homeless man with dirty damaged clothes, some people wouldn't look my way like usual as T9 but those who got close enough were elated that they caught me in the heart of the city PLAYING homeless. Throughout the day we got on and off the bus to get shots of me on several bus stops. We rode around Kc all day on a bus provided by Kcs own Metro bus station. So we were shooting a video today for one of new songs and they had me PLAYING a homeless person. “You are not alone,” Cantu said, “and ultimately that’s the voice of the video and the song.” Watch "Stop The World," Krizz Kaliko See Instagrams from Krizz Kaliko and Tech N9ne The presence of people from so many walks of life made the bus a natural setting for his message, according to Kalico. The song reflects some of the very tough emotions experienced by everyone. “Oh my God, stop the world and let me get off,” he would sometimes tell his mom.
The song’s title, “Stop the World,” was originally part of a phrase Kaliko used when life would get incredibly hectic. “She thought I was really homeless! I had to show her the cameras across the street! She looked at the hundred and said is this real?” (more below) “She cried when I gave her the $100 bill,” Tech N9ne related on Instagram. The famous Kansas City rapper returned the favor, giving the rider a $100. At one point during the video shoot at the Crown Center stop, a real bus rider mistook Tech N9ne for a homeless person and dropped a couple coins into his cup. The video features Kansas City rap artist Tech N9ne playing a homeless man. “We’re just really trying to have a good message that you’re not alone.”
“The bus represents the world,” said video director Jason Cantu. That’s why he chose a RideKC bus as a rolling soundstage for filming a new music video for the new song, “Stop the World.” The video debuted March 29. He sees a single place where the community congregates as one, each rider facing their own unique set of challenges. When Kansas City hip-hop artist Krizz Kaliko looks at a bus, he sees an American melting pot.