Khuli Chana fires back

05 March 2015 - 02:11 By Andile Ndlovu
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THE LAW OF THE GUN: An image from the video '9 Shots' which is based on rapper Khuli Chana's 2013 experience with the SAPS. He was shot at in a case of mistaken identity. The video refers to being 'shot Marikana-style'
THE LAW OF THE GUN: An image from the video '9 Shots' which is based on rapper Khuli Chana's 2013 experience with the SAPS. He was shot at in a case of mistaken identity. The video refers to being 'shot Marikana-style'
Image: YOU TUBE

At the end of Khuli Chana's new music video for 9 Shots -the song that relives the night he was shot by police pursuing a kidnapper on October 28, 2013 - Lady Justice removes the blindfold from her eyes.

The rapper released the song in October last year, but as per his tweet, his fans "asked for it! Here it is! The #9ShotsVideo! Hope you like it!".

It came with a caveat: "Warning: The content displayed in this video is of a sensitive nature and not suitable for persons under the age of 13 and sensitive viewers. PG 13."

It opens with the sound of various news anchors reporting on the incident, police sirens, and a voice-over of him recalling the night. Chana was shot at while on his way to a gig in Pretoria.

He says: "All I can remember is bullets flying. I saw my life flash in front of my eyes.

"Getting on that stage and rocking the mic again, and getting love from fans gave me that will to live."

From there on, the video takes on a political tone with the image of a bare-chested man in a hard hat as Chana raps about being "shot Marikana-style".

In the video, Lady Justice has blood poured over her face.

Chana - who was struck in the hand and back in the shooting - wraps his fists with barricade tape before intoning via voice-over: " I couldn't believe that it was my final hour. My last day ."

At one point in the video, a woman with an AK-47 replaces Lady Justice on the pedestal.

In the end, Lady Justice removes her blindfold and doves fly off into the distance.

In September, the two police officers accused of shooting the rapper, Mduduzi Mfundisi Nzuza and Sam Baloyi, eventually apologised outside the Randburg Magistrate's Court. The case was also withdrawn.

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