AÂ 9-year-old East Flatbush performer has released a chilling music video - rapping about guns and school kids in a song dedicated to Sandy Hook victims.
Fourth-grader Amor âLilmanâ Arteaga - whose rap âPull Ya Pants Upâ went viral - uploaded âStop Da Violenceâ on YouTube Saturday showing a crowd of Brooklyn elementary school children pleading to âput the guns down, put the guns down.â
Amor rhymes in between their appeal shouting:
âPut da guns down. Stop the killing. Think before you act, donât make a poor decision. The world is hurting, we all need healing. No more guns - what a wonderful feeling.â
The budding star had a taste of fame over the summer after The News reviewed âPull Ya Pants Up,â a missive against saggy jeans.
PHOTOS: SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS
He spent the fall working on âStop Da Violenceâ - but after Fridayâs mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Conneccicut, Amor asked his dad Juan to let him tie the song to the 26 victims.
Juan Arteaga scrambled to get the video posted working with production company Anything Is Possible Media and director Stray Pome, and to use a photo of the school.
âWe felt it was the right thing to do. Heâs a child who is talking about stopping gun violence. And so many little kids were affected by this,â said Juan Arteaga. âWe live in a community where people doing (shootings) is the norm.â
Just last week Amor was standing in his East Flatbush living room, heard gun fire outside, and immediately dropped to the floor.
âI see a lot of gun violence in my neighborhood,â said Amor explaining what sparked his gritty lyrics.
Local politicians, such as Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-East Flatbush), are fans of the baby-faced hip-hopper.
Markowitz made a cameo in âPull Your Pants Upâ and Williams raps behind Amor in âStop Da Violenceâ repeating âI know we can make it better. If we all work togetherâ several times.
âLittle kids are being shot. And this kid is doing this video. I am flabbergasted that we have to struggle to fix this,â said Williams about Americaâs murder problem.
But there is only one elected official Amor hopes to impress - President Obama.
âI want to perform for Obama,â Amor said. âObama should listen to me. If we work together, we can make a difference. I am young. I can reach an audience that politicians, and other grown-ups, try to relate to, but they really donât know what to say.â
simonew@nydailynews.com
WATCH VIDEO
No comments:
Post a Comment