The shockwaves from Colin Kaepernick’s protests are still being felt all across the country.
His former teammate Antone Exum Jr. (who records professionally under his all-caps last name) knows those waves all too well and during a recent NFL season (the pick-sixing safety couldn’t remember which one), the 28-year-old Hip Hop alternative artist jotted down his thoughts which culminated into the anti-police brutality anthem “oFFICER kAEPERNICK,” premiered by HipHopDX.
“I think it was one or two years ago,” EXUM recalls the song’s origins to DX. “I would say probably one or one and a half years ago when I wrote this record, but it wasn’t recent at all. It was, actually, going to be a throwaway, but for some reason, I didn’t throw it away because it just meant … it goes.”
The high-octane record exudes rage, frustration, defiance — some of the various emotions that are associated with rogue cops (and the system that protects them) and EXUM was clear to specify that he’s not lyrically targeting all law enforcement.
“Kaepernick did not take a knee for our good serving soldiers like yourself or even the good cops out there that we have,” he explained. “Good cops, the government officials, good judges, good… prison workers like all of that stuff. That’s not why he took a knee he simply was taking a knee for the catastrophic instances that went down. You know what I’m saying?”
As a five-year professional athlete, the notion of being “a rich guy in the studio” isn’t lost on Exum but if you visit his SoundCloud, you’ll see an instant musical kaleidoscope with the handful of offerings; a craft he takes very seriously.
“I want to use music to attain more of a voice you know, so I can be able to change the world,” he admitted. “To be a voice that can change the world, you know what I mean? And preach things like love, equality, peace, creativity, spirituality things like that.
“That’s why I’m out here trying to reach the highest levels of those for myself and also just trying to just rub that off onto others so. In fact, when you listen to my music it’s not really the regular content that you hear out here like mainstream culture stuff right now.”
Stream EXUM’s “oFFICER kAEPERNICK” up above, follow him on Instagram @ExumGod and look out for his upcoming debut LP.
I wonder if he’s gonna tackle the issue of NFL players beating their wives tho?
Shut yo hoe ass up. Matter fact Im coming to be yo ass right now.
Stay on topic captain dumbass
Right after you tackle officers beating their wives
I’m talking to droit313
Someone has yet to explain to me how Kaepernick walks so well after being wrongfully shot and beaten by the cops so many times.
No, your handle’s right: you just don’t get it.
The point is, no one gets it. He is worth 20 million dollars and lives in a gated community, in a 4 million dollar home. He has 3 different cars worth over 200K each. He is saying cops are wrongfully targeting black people, when he himself has never been targeted. He himself has said so. So yeah, no one gets it. 65% of the prisons are populated by 15% of the population.
How about Malik McDowell buddy? Look that shit up. Second time arrested for driving drunk. He refuses to listen to officers demands, gets tased and is still talking shit. The cop could have easily shot him and gotten away with it, and didn’t. No songs about that? That happens literally hundreds or thousands of times a day. A cop pulls someone over or shows up at a call, shit escalates to the point of him being able to kill the guy and doesn’t, no one talks about it. Check the YouTube video. Malik is like 6’6 and 300+lbs ripped. Make a song about that cop sparing his life. Malik is a NFL player, BTW.
Trevor Bates? Punched a cop in the face. Didn’t get shot. Is this NFL/Blavk privilege?
Shit not even available in My country…def not trying get in trouble I see lol..
My sister was killed in the line of duty NOLA in 83. F CK racist hater