"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" is the third and final single from

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's 2000 album '' The Dynasty: Roc La Familia''. It features production by Rockwilder and a chorus sung by R. Kelly. The song's title flips the legal declaration " innocent until proven guilty" and its lyrics follow suit. Jay-Z's lyrics deal with how the press villainized Jay-Z by accusing him of stabbing his once business partner Lance Rivera on December 2, 1999. Jay-Z later pled guilty to stabbing Rivera and was sentenced to 3 years probation for the incident. "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" is also one of the first collaborations between Jay-Z and R. Kelly before they released two albums together. On June 12, 2001—three months after the release of the "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" single—a

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named ''The Making of Guilty Until Proven Innocent'' was released. The DVD helps explain the making of the

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-directed music video that shows R. Kelly and Jay-Z rapping in court.

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and 9th Wonder sampled this song on their Food for Thought song from the album ''Chemistry'' in 2005.

Music video

The music video for this song is directed by

. R. Kelly and

do not have a scene where they are together in this video, but separate scenes.

Formats and track listings

CD

# "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Radio Edit) # "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Album Version) # " Change the Game" # "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Enhanced Video)

Vinyl

A-side # "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Radio Edit) # "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (LP Version) # "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Instrumental) B-side # "1-900-HUSTLER" (Radio Edit) # "1-900-HUSTLER" (LP Version) # "1-900-HUSTLER" (Instrumental)

Charts

References

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Music video

Formats and track listings

CD

Vinyl

Charts

See also

References