Bronx rapper Kemba, formerly known as YCTheCynic, depicts routine police harrassment and media demonization of people of color as a recurring nightmare in his new video for "The New Black Theory."
In a statement e-mailed to Colorlines, the MC described the video’s concept as "a ‘Groundhog Day’-style visual about how the news tells us that we won’t be harassed by cops if we dress ‘properly.’" Like that movie, which follows a man repeating the same day with slight variations, the video features a Black man stuck in a toxic sequence of events. Each day begins with him watching news clips with Geraldo Rivera’s "hoodie" comments or police brutality footage before going out, in various outfits, and being stopped-and-frisked by the same two plainclothes officers.
Watch it above.