Chicago rapper King Yella shot while filming anti-violence music video

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On Tuesday, Chicago rapper King Yella (Cemone Lewis) was shot while filming what he called a “Black Lives Matter” and “stop the violence” music video. He broadcasted the aftermath of the shooting that left him with a gunshot wound in his arm as well as a graze wound in his side on Instagram.

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The day started out with high hopes when King Yella posted on his Instagram inviting the community to rally around the video.

After the shooting, which police say was gang-related, a Twitter account representing the Black Disciples gang posted a video online taking credit for the shooting.

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King Yella then posted his own series of videos showing him shirtless as he bled from the left side before later showing him in a hospital bed with his arm bandaged, writing in one caption, “God got me.”

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