After a brief hiatus, Jacksonville rapper MobSquad Nard returns with a new video for “Murda Scene” that proves just as visually hard-hitting as his lyrics are. Coming from a place peppered with crime and poverty, Nard uses his background to convey what life in the streets of Northeastern Florida can be. His flows are passionate yet aggressive, loose yet rapid and animated, and tell gritty tales of his life in the streets.

A video filled to the brim with flashing blue and red lights, radio static and caution tape, you feel the energy through your screen and Nard rides the beat with invigorating delivery and a sharp southern cadence. Shot by A Zae Production, the video is just as hard-hitting as it is bone-chilling.

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Mob Squad released a series of group projects through Hustle House—most recently the Snappin’ On Shit Vol 1-3 mixtape series—before Mob Boss’ death in 2011 slowed down their momentum and a drug charge landed Nard behind bars by the summer of 2013. “I was sitting still for 7 months but the world kept moving, people had to do they own thing,” he says about the jail stint. On his release in January 2014, Nard began focusing on his solo music while getting himself out of the streets by supporting himself and his family as a certified bail bondsman. Now he’s gearing up to release his first solo project, “Everything Clean But Da Ashtray,” Nardo Da’Vinci, later this year and he knows it’s time to make heads outside of his region turn his way.

“Right now it’s like establishing that first impression,” he says. “It’s a lot of people who do know [me] ’cause I’ve been grindin’, but compared to where I wanna be, it ain’t enough… It’s a lot of people who rap who just got a raw beat or a raw voice, but they ain’t got that talent. And I got that.”

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