Artwork for J-Batters’ new album. Photo Courtesy of: J-Batters Music

“The New Message” is a song inspired by the opening track The Message,” from Nas’ 1996 album, “It Was Written.”

Buffalo, New York MC, J-Batters’ objective is to give you that gritty, grimy East side, Buffalo flow.

In a short clip at the beginning of the video, Batters acknowledges Nas as on of his favorite MC’s.

J-Batters is currently gearing up to release his EP, titled #JUSTICE4Batters, which proclaims to be a classical piece of art.

The title of this release is based off of J-Batters’ past legal issues. In 2012. J-Batters was arrested on a drug, guns and gang related rico (racketeering) charge, in which Batters was allegedly named as the leader of the Notorious Bailey Boys Gang.

Since then, J-Batters has been releasing an archive of music, which relates to going through the struggles of being brought up in the streets of Buffalo, New York.

The EP is set to release early March 2018.

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Sterling, then a 37-year-old black man, was shot several times at close range while held down on the ground by two Baton Rouge Police Department officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Media reports indicated that the police officers involved were attempting to control Sterling’s arms and he was shot after allegedly reaching for a gun in his pocket.

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The shooting was recorded by multiple bystanders and as a result, the shooting led to protests in Baton Rouge and a request for a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Department of Justice investigated but in May 2017 decided that it would not file criminal charges against the police officers.

This issue hits close to home for Buffalo, NY lyricist J-Batters. See more here: 

Additionally, his “Justice 4 J Batters” docu-series touches on it and proclaims his innocence. 

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