KXNG Crooked & Tech N9ne Take Aim With "Shoot Back (Dear Officer)"

Prior to the release of his Good Vs. Evil project, Long Beach rapper KXNG Crooked takes aim with “Shoot Back (Dear Officer)” featuring fast-rap king Tech N9ne. It asks the omnipresent question — why are so many Black men being killed at the hands of the police?

KXNG Crooked provides a warning shot with Good Vs. Evil. He directly tackles these mounting issues that are currently wreaking havoc on society using a super-hero persona.

“It all started when I was watching a news segment on the murders of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland and all the other Black people killed by Police” Crooked stated in a press release. “I saw Tamir Rice’s mother on TV and the pain in her eyes made my blood pressure boil. No mother should lose a child like that. Then, I watched cops kill unarmed people on film and go home to their families like black lives didn’t matter.

“No charges and with paid leave,” he continued. “At the same time, I watched officers capture Dylann Roof alive and buy him a hamburger after he slaughtered nine black churchgoers. I thought to myself, are we under attack as Black people to the point where I might have to shoot an officer just to survive a mere traffic stop? I thought, how crazy is it that we even have to think about in America (in 2016)? Then I thought, how ill would it be to have a black super-hero (that other black children can look up to; the same way we do Marvel characters) to tackle and these issues.”