Bodie, hip-hop trope

I was watching MTV Hits while feeding the boy, and noticed J D Williams is in the Aaliyah "Miss You" video. So I looked him up: He's also in videos by Cam'ron (no relation), Mariah Carey and Freeway. The missus swears she saw Andre Royo ("Bubbles") in the "Miss You" video, too, which I am totally prepared to believe at this point.