REKS continues his series of cinematic music videos with the first look from his upcoming Brick Records release. Directed by Xander Z. Hayes, “Hands Up” finds REKS turning the tables on the police over Grammy winner Streetrunner’s production. The veteran makes a great combination
with Streetrunner who has given bangers to Terror Squad, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Ludacris, Twista, Joe Budden, Nicki Minaj, The Game, Royce da 5’9″ and Rick Ross. For REKS its about more than hits. He sees the song as an alert on the state of our society.
“‘Hands Up (Wink Wink)’ was made as a wake up call to those tuned out to our realities and engaged by societal distractions. In essence, I believe when a class of citizens are oppressed for an extended period of time, there is a point where they have little choice but to awaken. In today’s America, not much has changed for the masses who were labeled 3/5 of a person in The Constitution. At the song’s root is the idea of being policed differently from our neighbors solely on the basis of our melanin. We are shot in the streets like dogs and described as radical when defending the idea of our freedom.”
“Hands Up” will live on REKS’ new album The Greatest X (The Greatest Unknown). The project has an all-star production team that includes Large Professor, The Alchemist, Evidence, Statik Selektah, Nottz, Apollo Brown, Black Milk, MoSS, Buckwild and “Hands Up” producer Streetrunner.
