Video After The Jump
The new music video for David Banner's song "Black Fist" featuring Tito Lo begins with the following disclaimer.
"The intention of this video is not to promote violence, but to show that we as a people will no longer accept the loss of innocent lives. The purpose of this message is not to target anyone, but instead, to value everyone. This video is a statement and a reminder, that black lives won't be 'taken' lightly."
The clip then segues into a scene showing a smug, white police officer watching news coverage of the shooting of a black man he was involved in.
The cop is subsequently kidnapped by a group of black vigilantes and taken to an unknown location where a "judge" finds him guilty.
The rest of the video shows the officer being hung, beaten and stabbed.
"These crackers got drones, they flying they saucers / Keep your white Jesus, go pray to your crosses / They burning our churches quick pass me the Uzi / I know how to work it. I know how to squirt it/ No Martin, No Luther, No King / No marching no choirs don't sing / The same Christian lovers that raped our grandmothers and hung our grandfathers from trees," Banner raps.
The visuals and message are powerful. The Mississippi rapper will most certainly get the attention of the media with this one.
Reactions to it are bound to be mixed and will create more dialogue on the topic of police abuse and the possibility of citizens rising up to take matters into their own hands. In the end, that is probably Banner's intention.
This is off of his forthcoming album titled "The God Box," which drops August 19th. You can pre-order it here https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the...
Check out the video below and let us know your thoughts on it.
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