--- title: Teyana Taylor: Watch Kanye West's Champions description: Fresh off the "Fade" video, Teyana Taylor released a video of her freestyling over Kanye's "Champions" wearing nothing but gold body paint. canonical: https://time.com/4481063/teyana-taylor-kanye-west-champions-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T21:26:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:13.177Z og:title: Watch Teyana Taylor Freestyle In Gold Body Paint og:description: Definitely NSFW og:url: https://time.com/4481063/teyana-taylor-kanye-west-champions-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb0d4b01a3f6e7c1/6988a5040a4a22c3759cb2ab/teyana-taylor-champions-freestyle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2016 Luda Day Weekend og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Teyana Taylor Freestyle In Gold Body Paint twitter:description: Definitely NSFW twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb0d4b01a3f6e7c1/6988a5040a4a22c3759cb2ab/teyana-taylor-champions-freestyle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Teyana Taylor Freestyle Kanye West's 'Champions' Wearing Gold Body Paint > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) Prince Williams—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2016 9:26 PM UTC It’s been a little over a week since [Teyana Taylor](http://time.com/4470471/vmas-2016-mtv-memes/) captured our collective interest with her [powerful dance performance in Kanye West’s “Fade” video](http://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/) (which just became available to non-Tidal subscribers [Tuesday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxGvm6btP1A),) but the multi-hyphenate talent isn’t letting any grass grow under her feet. On Tuesday morning, the artist dropped a brand-new video of herself freestyle rapping over Kanye’s latest single, “Champions,” while wearing little more than some artfully placed gold foil body paint. In the clip, Taylor wears a ski mask, and a flaunts a pair of golden pistols. The video is a series of photographs by Sasha Samsonova that have been put together for a stop-motion effect, according to [HighSnobiety](http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/09/06/teyana-taylor-champions-video/). Taylor’s choice to freestyle over ‘Ye’s latest offering makes sense as [she’s been a long-time collaborator of the rapper and signed with his GOOD record label in 2012](http://time.com/4472363/teyana-taylor-fade-kanye-west/). 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