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Rapper DaBaby released a music video for new song \u201cSave Me\u201d in which he recreates the Charlotte light rail stabbing in a jarring tribute to slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska \u2014 but with an alernate ending.<\/p>\n
The controversial Cleveland-born rapper directed the video<\/a> in which he sits on a Charlotte train in a black hoodie next to an actor portraying accused knifeman Decarlos Brown, who allegedly slaughtered the unsuspecting 23-year-old pizza parlor worker on Aug 22.<\/p>\n Opening with a playback of a news package \u2014 which includes the shocking original security footage of the stabbing \u2014 a chorus of \u201cDo you think you can save me?\u201d begins as DaBaby and two actors proceed to recreate the ghastly murder.<\/p>\n \u201cThink you could save me like your God or something,\u201d the 33-year-old rapper opens while sitting on the seat adjacent to Brown\u2019s character.<\/p>\n The first verse is marked by lines \u201cWhen I stay silent on my morals, yea it cost me plenty\u201d and \u201cBetter stay out my face cause I\u2019m a man and I will bleed you down\u201d and \u201cNo 9-to-5 you rather post up at the store or something \u2014 so we can\u2019t save you.\u201d<\/p>\n The verse ends with the actor portraying Zarutska \u2014 clad in a \u201cJupiter\u2019s Pizzeria\u201d shirt and hat \u2014 sitting in front of the portrayed Brown who rubs his head and face, similar to the real security footage, while apparently contemplating stabbing the innocent woman.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know there\u2019s just some people man, unfortunately, we can\u2019t save \u2018em, you know what I\u2019m saying. I might be one of them,\u201d DaBaby said in a spoken word portion of the song, adding, \u201cI might be one of them n\u2014s you know, that you can\u2019t save.\u201d<\/p>\n The video then includes the actor portraying Brown pulling out a knife that appeared shockingly similar to the one used to kill Zarutska, as shown by security footage of the attack.<\/p>\n As the actor lifts the knife in exactly the same manner as Brown, DaBaby holds back his hand, saving the fictional Zarustka\u2019s life. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m gonna put my faith in God,\u201d he rhymes just before jumping to action.<\/p>\n The video pauses for added emphasis on the rapper\u2019s tattooed hand holding back the knife.<\/p>\n Zarutska\u2019s character is then shown walking home safely, rubbing her neck, as DaBaby and the portrayed Brown exit the light rail, passing by safety officers in yellow vests without incident.<\/p>\n The video ends with a screenshot of a GoFundMe page, which is also linked in the YouTube video, benefitting Zarutska\u2019s loved ones.<\/p>\n That GoFundMe titled \u201cIn loving memory of Iryna\u201d was established by her family and has raised over $434,500 dollars.<\/p>\n DaBaby came under fire for a homophobic rant in 2021<\/a> at the Rolling Loud music festival during which he made insensitive comments about people suffering from HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n