Outrage as well-known rapper ‘lynches’ small white child in music video

HIP HOP artist XXXTentacion is under fire for a disturbing music video in which he appears to lynch a white child.

The video “Look At Me!” debuted on Tuesday and features imagery depicting police brutality, violent protests, and the 19-year-old Florida-based rapper placing a white boy’s head in a noose on stage in front of a crowded theatre and then hoisting him up into the air.

The child’s feet are shown dangling and twitching and then they suddenly stop. The casting director of the video LaShawnna Stanley told that finding parents who would allow their child to be hanged on stage was a challenge.

“We had to delay the video because the mum that originally agreed and said okay but when she got there she didn’t feel comfortable. We delayed for a week,” said Stanley.

“I called a lot of parents. It was a direct booking. No one was okay with their white child getting lynched,” Stanley said. “With all the racial tension in the world right out they were nervous.”

She said the mother who finally agreed “was serious about acting and the message. The mother of the son is very serious about acting. She’s a stage mum. She has three sons and takes them to LA to audition. She understood the vision.”

That vision, according to Stanley, is that the “little white boy and black boy show innocence,” and that society has become desensitised seeing black men hung and shot, but the imagery of a white child being hung is shocking.

She explained that the rapper made sure to make both children feel comfortable on set.

“XXX was very lovely to the kids and hugging,” she said.

The video has been viewed more than 6.7 million times on YouTube.