Jacksonville artists record anthem for 'Guns Down, Gloves Up' movement

Seven Jacksonville-area artists have joined together to show their support for a local movement aimed at stopping gun violence in the city.

Action News Jax first told you about the "Guns Down, Gloves Up" movement in January.

The movement encourages young people to get aggression out during boxing matches to deter gun violence.

Already in 2017 more than a dozen shootings have been reported in Jacksonville.

"So we just reached out to the artists to see who all wanted to be a part of this movement to put an audio to the visual," rapper Boo Deezy Take it Eazy said.

The artists and members of the community came together at a boxing gym on Saturday to film a music video for a song that backs the movement.

In the rap song, you can hear a little kid saying, "Guns down, gloves up."

Seven rappers in Jacksonville wrote their own lyrics for each verse.

"I didn't realize how much it has impacted the city but I've heard so much about the whole movement before I was even involved in it," Slimm Baby, one of the artists, said.

Other artists include Wizzle, Lil Duvy, Polo Bryant, Jiggaman35, and Kuban Blake, who all said they want to use their voices to make an impact.

"Its a blessing to be a part of something positive and have a local radio station show us support," Kuban Blake said.

The song has been playing daily on Power 106.1 for the last week.

Christopher Lane, known as DJ Swagg, found out about "Guns Down, Gloves Up" and decided to add it to the station's playlist.

"We are from the neighborhood we all know somebody or related to somebody a friend of somebody who had to get buried by gun violence. You can't speak about something you've never gone through and we've all experienced it and we all are just voicing our opinions collectively as a unit," Boo Deezy Take It Eazy said.

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