Los Angeles based songwriter, producer and rapper Kidd Upstairs and his collaborator, San Diego hip-hop artist XO, are fully aware of how their new single and video, “Amanda Bynes,” could be construed by the media and the general public. The actress’ new appearance, alleged strange behavior, and notorious tweets and video posts now provide nearly daily fodder for gossip and entertainment blogs, with some going so far as to suggest Bynes’ is mentally ill and should be institutionalized. Some may find the music video, which mixes footage spanning Bynes’ twenty-year career in television and film with numerous paparazzi videos chronicling her more recent “erratic” behavior, mocking or disparaging, however Kidd Upstairs intends just the opoosite.
