9-year-old creates a Sandy Hook “Stop Da Violence” video
A 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 “Lilman” Arteaga - whose rap “Pull Ya Pants Up” went viral - uploaded “Stop Da Violence” on YouTube Saturday showing a crowd of Brooklyn elementary school children pleading to “put the guns down, put the guns down.”
Amor rhymes in between their appeal shouting:
“Put da guns down. Stop the killing. Think before you act, don’t make a poor decision. The world is hurting, we all need healing. No more guns - what a wonderful feeling.”
The budding star had a taste of fame over the summer after The News reviewed “Pull Ya Pants Up,” a missive against saggy jeans.
He spent the fall working on “Stop Da Violence” - but after Friday’s 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.
“We felt it was the right thing to do. He’s a child who is talking about stopping gun violence. And so many little kids were affected by this,” said Juan Arteaga. “We live in a community where people doing (shootings) is the norm.”
Just last week Amor was standing in his East Flatbush living room, heard gun fire outside, and immediately dropped to the floor.
“I see a lot of gun violence in my neighborhood,” 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 “Pull Your Pants Up” and Williams raps behind Amor in “Stop Da Violence” repeating “I know we can make it better. If we all work together” several times.
“Little kids are being shot. And this kid is doing this video. I am flabbergasted that we have to struggle to fix this,” said Williams about America’s murder problem.
But there is only one elected official Amor hopes to impress - President Obama.
“I want to perform for Obama,” Amor said. “Obama 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 don’t know what to say.”
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