Trae Tha Truth Depicts a Tragedy in “Children of Men” Video With J. Cole

Trae Tha Truth released Tha Truth Pt. 2 earlier this month, but he has not forgotten about the original. The Houston rapper went back to his 2015 album Tha Truth to drop a video for the standout track "Children of Men" featuring and produced by J. Cole.

The song is a powerful one as it depicts the tragic story of a young man who never had a real chance in life. Trae Tha Truth spoke about the track's creation and how the music video came together.

"The track was produced by J. Cole, I had the track for a while," Trae told Complex. "He did the first verse, and I fed off the vibe it gave me and what he was talking about. The song had to have a nice visual to it, that was very important to us. PhillyFlyBoy gave it the cinematic black and white feeling. Every video should enhance the song times 10 and I feel like this video does that. The storyline is about a kid that came from an orphanage, just dealing with life, getting caught up, dealing with the pressure, and at the end the pressure becomes so much that he kills himself. These stories happen multiple times when you come from the struggle, so it was real relatable, and that’s why the story was told so well.”

"Children on Men" is another sign that Trae Tha Truth is in top form. The Texan has delivered some of the best work of his career over the past year and looks like he won't be slowing down anytime soon.

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