Juli Thanki

jthanki@tennessean.com

On Thursday, Nashville rapper Young Buck tweeted a link to his controversial and incendiary new track called "Riot."

The track, which was inspired by the fatal shootings by police of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, was released the night of the Dallas shootings that killed five police officers.

It begins with a sample of Tupac Shakur saying, “I would rather tell a young black male to educate his mind, arm yourself and defend yourself, than, you know, just sit there and turn the other cheek.”

The chorus finds Young Buck, a member of 50 Cent's hip-hop group G-Unit, proclaiming, "Let's start a (expletive) riot. Load it, pick it up, then fire it."

Warning: The following track contains graphic language.