--- title: Kanye West: Fade Music Video With Teyana Taylor description: The rapper revealed the brand-new video for "Fade" on Sunday night at the VMAs, featuring singer Teyana Taylor and NBA player Iman Shumpert canonical: https://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T02:49:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:25:44.000Z og:title: Watch Kanye West's Full Steamy, Sweaty "Fade" Music Video og:description: The rapper first released the video, starring Teyana Taylor, at MTV's VMAs. og:url: https://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13e24ee6ee13f261/6988a3eba988ca0ba56b9383/kanye-vmas-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Kanye West's Full Steamy, Sweaty "Fade" Music Video twitter:description: The rapper first released the video, starring Teyana Taylor, at MTV's VMAs. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13e24ee6ee13f261/6988a3eba988ca0ba56b9383/kanye-vmas-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Kanye West's Steamy, Sweaty, NSFW Music Video For 'Fade' > Sponsored content. 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John Shearer—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:25 AM UTCPublished: Aug 29, 2016 2:49 AM UTC Leave it to Kanye West to always up the ante. At this year’s [MTV Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4470114/vmas-2016-mtv-winners/), the outspoken rapper had six minutes to himself onstage, during which he sounded off on the topic of fame — and debuted a provocative new music video for his song “Fade” from _The Life of Pablo_. In the sensual _Flashdance_\-inspired video, [singer Teyana Taylor](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/18/g-o-o-d-musics-cruel-summer-more-like-pretty-g-o-o-d/?iid=sr-link2) dances suggestively to the driving beat of the track before joining up with her husband, [NBA player Iman Shumpert](http://time.com/4153870/nba-iman-shumpert-baby/?iid=sr-link1), for some nude action in the shower. The video ends with the oiled-up pair reclining with a baby in a field of fluffy lambs — biblical manger reference, anyone? — and, oddly, Taylor’s face has morphed into a new, feline form. While the video may not have [the incendiary lyrics of “Famous”](http://time.com/4382876/kanye-west-famous-video-somebody-sue-me/?iid=sr-link3) or feature the naked bodies of Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, it’s still very much NSFW. 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