Chicago rapper Vic Mensa grabbed attention with his latest video, "3 Years Sober," which features him wearing drag complete with a Confederate flag dress. The politically-charged video also shows Mensa fighting with an actor dressed as vice president Mike Pence. Mensa, who co-directed the video with Fran Fernandez, addressed the imagery in the video in a statement.

Mensa told viewers, "The '3 Years Sober' video is a statement about identity. I put on a confederate flag dress to be able to laugh at a symbol of hate, and played tug of war with Mike Pence over birth control. I had my face written on to get ahead of everything I know people will say about me and had a diner full of BBQ Becky’s call the police on me for using the women’s bathroom. I know some in hip hop culture will see this and say ‘Vic’s gay' (which I’m not), whereas if I was white they’d just say 'he’s a rockstar.' 93PUNX is about being yourself, f*** what people think."