9 Shots: Rappers Who Felt the Heat in Their Own Videos
50 Cent and more MCs who got shot in their music clips.
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Shots Fired - With hip hop mirroring reality on so many levels, most MCs wouldn't dare depict themselves getting shot in their own music videos. Take a look now at a select few who ventured into this deadly lane and some who even met their demise in their clips. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from Left: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation, Noam Galai/Getty Images, Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)
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50 Cent – '9 Shots' - The G-Unit general proved to be grimey in his short film "9 Shots" and robs and kills Tony Yayo. With karma rearing its head, Lloyd Banks then unloads on Curtis, proving that payback is real. (Photo: G Unit Records)
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Snoop Dogg – 'Murder Was the Case' - Big Snoop made a deal with the devil after surviving being hit up in this G-Funk classic clip. While the Long Beach MC survived the gunshots, the penitentiary awaited him in the end. (Photo: Death Row Records)
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Tupac – 'I Ain't Mad at Cha' - It seems like Tupac foresaw his death with this video from All Eyez On Me. He's ambushed and killed before going on to join other great Black musicians and stars in heaven. The visual was released within a month after his actual murder by gunfire.(Photo: Death Row records)
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Kendrick Lamar – 'Alright' - Kendrick pushed the creative envelope once more with this visual off To Pimp a Butterfly, as he dealt with hatred and discrimination and eventually fell at the hands of the police.(Photo: TDE/Interscope Records)
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Master P – 'Is There Heaven for a Gangsta' - P dropped this tribute to Tupac and all the other fallen soldiers on the soundtrack to the hip hop documentary Rhyme & Reason in 1997. The video featured Master P donning red and white suits depicting the good and the bad angels of the streets as the two carry off P's soul after he meets his demise.(Photo: No Limit Records)
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Bushwick Bill – 'Ever So Clear' - The Geto Boy retold his horrifying nightmare of being drunk on Everclear in 1991 and forcing his girlfriend to shoot him — which ended up being in the eye after he threatened to harm their baby. The chilling video even replayed his out-of-body experience, which initially left him for dead.(Photo: Rap-A-Lot Records)
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Game – 'Dreams' - Game was shot five times in real life in 2001 after a customer he normally served knocked on his door and then several jackers rushed in and left the Compton MC for dead. Chuck Taylor gave us a clear visual of the attack in his 2004 video, as he talked about his hardships which gave him the courage to live out his dreams.(Photo: Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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50 Cent – 'Many Men' - 50 relived his near death experience when he shot the video "Many Men," where he retold his story of surviving nine shots. (Photo: Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records)