Paparazzi (Xzibit song)

"Paparazzi"
Single by Xzibit
from the album At the Speed of Life
Released	May 27, 1996
Recorded	1995; Ameraycan Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	Hip hop Mafioso rap
Length	3:56
Label	Loud, RCA
Songwriter(s)	Alvin Joiner, Thayod Ausar
Producer(s)	Thayod Ausar
Xzibit singles chronology
"Paparazzi" (1996) "The Foundation" (1996)

"Paparazzi" is a song by Xzibit, issued as the lead single from his debut album At the Speed of Life. The song's official music video was directed by Michael Lucero.^[1]

The songs samples Barbra Streisand's "Pavane (Vocalise)", itself a version of Gabriel Fauré's Pavane.

The song is used for the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. The instrumental version of "Paparazzi" was used to close "Pax Soprana", the sixth episode of the first season of The Sopranos.