Naomi - Bubbly Girl Excited To Be In A Rap Video Now

If you’ve seen the premiere of rising Atlanta rapper Dice Black’s new music video for his summer anthem, “Glitter & Grit,” you probably have one question: Who is that girl in the pink bucket hat?

“Oh my god, do you think they’ll let me be in a drill video next? I have a really good stomp.”

Naomi, a 22-year-old part-time yoga instructor and full-time optimist from Tampa, had never been in a music video before. In fact, she had only been to one club in her entire life (for a friend’s birthday, she left at 10 PM because she was tired). The video was shot in a converted warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. The concept was "luxury heist": expensive cars, a fog machine that never turned off, and a lot of serious faces.

“She was literally bouncing off the walls of the waiting room,” recalls casting agent Marcus T. “She brought her own boombox and was playing Lizzo to warm up. We knew immediately—we needed that chaos.” Naomi - Bubbly Girl Excited To Be In A Rap Video

Her name is Naomi. And for the four days she spent on set, she was the undisputed star of the background.

Director James “J.D.” Delaney almost cut the cameras. He wanted grit. He wanted street. He got a human golden retriever in platform sneakers.

“I learned that you can be yourself anywhere,” she says, adjusting that pink bucket hat. “Even if ‘yourself’ is just a really bouncy person standing next to a Lamborghini.” If you’ve seen the premiere of rising Atlanta

“I just love the energy of it,” Naomi said in an exclusive interview, still buzzing from the craft services table (she drank three Red Bulls). “I’ve been watching rap videos since I was a kid. The cars, the lights, the dancing—it’s all just so... shiny!” Casting directors had put out a call for “talent to bring high energy.” They got the usual parade of stoic models and wannabe influencers. Then Naomi walked in.

“Nah, that’s my good luck charm now,” Dice told us via text. “Everybody trying to be hard. Naomi just happy to be here. We need that. Also, she taught me how to do a cartwheel. Respect.” As for Naomi, she’s already booked her next gig—a low-budget indie film where she plays a barista who gives out free hugs. But she hasn't ruled out a return to rap.

Dice Black, known for his menacing lyrics and diamond grill, seems unbothered by being upstaged. In fact, she had only been to one

She pauses, eyes wide.

Somewhere, a casting director just got a migraine.

Naomi was supposed to be standing by the DJ booth, holding a sparkler. But when the beat dropped, something took over.

While most extras in hip-hop videos try to perfect their "blue steel" smolder or look aggressively unimpressed, Naomi took a different approach. She was, as the crew described it, aggressively happy .