Greggo’s Haunted By Chicago Violence In “T Shirts” Video

People keep dying from gun violence and Greggo doesn’t want to be next.

September 01, 2016

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Greggo portrays the harrowing effects of gun violence in Chicago in his video for "T Shirts." In a city where many of his comrades have died from bullets, their lives become memorialized on t shirts. Greggo talks about a lifestyle of pain that he and his peers have endured due to the cycle of trauma that many of them haven't survived. As he raps on a block surrounded by friends and in familiar alleys and backyards, he's unashamed of where he comes from but he's clear about his future: I don't want to be the one up on no t-shirt.

Over email, Greggo told The FADER, “One of my close homies Spade was gunned down in 2015 while getting into his car. If it wasn’t for Spade I probably wouldn’t be doing any of this, he inspired me to start this journey back in 2007. The murder rate is very high in Chicago today due to violence."

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He continued, "There was a time when people would hang shoes on power lines to symbolize the lost of a friend or family member. Today in Chicago, R.I.P T Shirts are more common. I wrote "T Shirts" for every life that has been lost in Chicago due to violence and I also wrote it for those that think there’s no way out of the street lifestyle. There’s always a way.”

Greggo’s Haunted By Chicago Violence In “T Shirts” Video