Nas Protests Police Brutality With Chilling 'Cops Shot The Kid' Video With Kanye

More than six months immediately following the release of his 11th album, Nasir, Nas has debuted the chilling video for standout track "Cops Shot the Kid."


because the song's title suggests, the accompanying video, directed by Rohan Blair-Mangat, strings with each other scenes depicting graphic police brutality. In one, a young black teen gets handcuffed and harassed by a pair of police officers; in another, a different young man gets shot as he flees from cops with his hands raised. Those harrowing scenes play out as Nas raps on a dark road, raising his fist in protest and railing against injustice: "White kids are brought in alive / Black kids get hit with like five / Get scared, you panic, you're goin' down / The downsides of the brown."


However featured artist Kanye West doesn't make an appearance, the vid does include a cameo from Slick Rick, whose song "Children's Story" proves the main sample for the track. Check out the whole video below.


Nas recently unveiled a 16-minute short film called Nasir — The Film, which features snippets of last summer's entire Kanye-produced album. Meanwhile, the Queens rapper has a big year ahead. Moreover to reportedly working on new music, Nas will headline this year's Governor's Ball Music Festival, coming to New York in June.