Wale and Lady Gaga film 'Chillin' video in Chelsea

Tim Kash, a VJ at MTV News, headed from NYC to Boston at 5 a.m. Monday, May 4 to interview DC rapper Wale on the set of his latest video "Chillin," featuring pop princess Lady Gaga. Kash was joined by his MTV News cohorts, Brendan Kennedy and Nicole Salmanak.

Director Chris Robinson, who's in town to shoot the music video, crafted an "under construction" type set showcasing Boston's waterfront district with the Tobin Bridge as a backdrop. The shoot at Eastern Minerals located at 37 Marginal St. in Chelsea involved Caterpillar cranes, lots of concrete, a pink-white-and-blue tarp-like backdrop and a sweet 2009 silver-metallic Mercedes-Benz V12.

Lady Gaga was working a killer silver-and-black outfit with lace black pantyhose, topped with a leather biker captain cap. Two earphone-wearing Great Danes co-star with Wale and Gaga and were featured in a later shoot at a Cambridge clothing shop called Concepts, located at 37 Brattle St. in Harvard Square.

After the "Chillin" video filming, Lady Gaga headed over to the Boston House of Blues on Landsdowne Street to play the free Grammy-sponsored gig with Kelly Clarkson. According to a Loaded Gun Boston spy at the show, Gaga's performance was "hot, amazing, great voice, great piano playing and, of course, great costume changes. Kelly Clarkson was good too ... but Gaga stole the show."

Photographer Alex Slater captured all of the behind-the-scenes drama at the "Chillin" video in a photo essay here at the Boston Phoenix.