"Touch the Sky" is the fourth single released from Kanye West's second album, Late Registration. It was released in early 2006. The video is directed by Chris Milk who previously worked on West's award-winning "Jesus Walks" and the video for "All Falls Down."The music video is made as a 70s style short movie about Evel Kanyevel (an obvious parody of Evel Knievel played by West), and his attempt to fly a small rocket across the Snake River Canyon. The video also features Pamela Anderson, Nia Long, Tracee Ellis Ross, and the Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Houston, Texas, which performs with Fiasco at a pep rally. At the end of the video, West fails in landing the rocket and crashes into the canyon, and after the ship has exploded, a scene with West dancing in the clouds is shown, having finally "touched the sky."
In 2006, Evel Knievel filed a lawsuit against Kanye West for trademark infringement[1]. Specifically, Knievel's lawsuit cites the similarities between West's star-adorned, blue and white costume in the video and the costume in which the stuntman wore when attempting his 1974 Snake River Canyon jump.
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