Uncle Murda Rents Out County Jail To Shoot Music Videos, People Get Mad
Update (Dec. 12, 12:10 p.m.): Earlier this morning (Dec. 12), the New York Post reported outrage over two public defenders' participation in Uncle Murda and Maino's "Hands Up" video. The Post called the protest song "sickening" and "disgusting," citing scenes where the rappers hold guns to the heads of white police officers. The attorneys, who work for The Bronx Defenders, have reportedly asked for the video to be taken down, claiming they did not know the specifics of the finished product.
For just $570, you, too can make a rap video in the Nassau County Jail. According to the New York Daily News, that's what Uncle Murda paid for an August shoot, in which he filmed clips for two songs. Maino and Vado were featured in both the footage and the records.
Not everybody is happy with the decision to allow Murda, who has a criminal record dating to 1997 (and is named Uncle Murda) to shoot in the jail. Among the staid complaints sure to accompany any rap act, there's the fact that Murda's rap sheet includes an arrest for the attempted murder of a police officer. John Jaronczyk, the president of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Correction Officers Benevolent Association, lamented "This is not a shooting of The Good Wife. Whoever is responsible for this needs to be fired."
Nassau County officials, however, defended the shoot, saying that the county has "neither the ability nor the authority" to censor or otherwise alter the "content, message or opinion expressed" in a project filmed on county-owned property, provided the filmmakers have the proper permits.
More recently, Uncle Murda tapped Maino for "Hands Up," a scathing tribute to Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was murdered by a police officer on camera in July.
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