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A female teen rapper is being investigated by police after a video emerged of her pointing a gun at a toddler's head.

Molly Brazy, an up-and-coming 18-year-old artist from Detroit, was filmed as she chatted with the youngster.

But she could now be in hot water after apparently losing her temper and pointing the weapon at the little girl's head.

A minute-long clip of the musician and the unidentified girl was shared on Facebook on Friday by another rapper, G'Mac Cash.

It was viewed more than 170,000 times.

(Image: Molly Brazy/Facebook) (Image: Molly Brazy/Facebook)

At first, it looks as though the Molly and the young girl are having a chat.

But about 15 seconds into the video the toddler throws what appears to be a toy gun at Brazy.

She then snaps, "Why would you do that?" before picking up the gun herself and pointing it at the youngster.

She then adds, appearing to realise that what she has done will look bad on the social media site: "You better stop playing, you better not, you're gonna get me in trouble."

Now Detroit Police are looking into the video to ascertain whether the gun was real.

(Image: Molly Brazy/Instagram)

Sgt. Michael Woody told Fox 2 Detroit : "It's very concerning to see anybody point a weapon at a small child.

"We've seen so much infant mortality in this city in the past year. Messing around with guns like that is not a smart thing to do. It's very irresponsible and reckless."

Brazy's manager, who refused to give their name, insisted the gun was a plastic toy.

(Image: Molly Brazy/Instagram)

A number of pictures of Brazy on social media show her handling weapons with one appearing to show her with an assault rifle.

Last year, in an interview with Say Cheese TV she told a reporter she didn't 'give a f**k' that she might be seen as a bad role model.

She claims all four of her older brothers are in jail.