Game and Lil Wayne Support Their Colors in Banned ‘Red Nation’ Video

Rapper Game's latest music video 'Red Nation,' featuring Lil Wayne, has premiered online, after being banned from MTV and BET for alleged gang-related content.

Though the song itself may sound harmless enough, with its sample of the Zombie Nation sports stadium anthem 'Kernkraft 400,' it's loaded with references to Game's past affiliation with the Los Angeles street gang the Bloods, who are known for wearing red.

The video shows Game rapping on dark streets with a large group of young men wielding clubs, chains and red flags. There's no obvious violence in the video, though some may see the weapons as implying violent behavior.

Those images, combined with lines like, "Stick my red flag in the ground, it's red nation" and "Throwin' blood in the air, leavin' blood on the ground," are evidently what caused the networks to determine the video glamorizes gang life.

Like the song it promotes, the video is intense. Neither rapper cracks a smile, both remaining deadly serious as they rap about their colors and their fame. Standing on the hood of a parked car, Game says: "Walk in the club saggin’ with a .38 magnum, red Ralph Laurens / The double R sittin’ on a hill like Lauryn."

Game says in a statement he's fine with the ban: "I didn't want to change the artistic integrity of the music video and with the amount of people watching videos online, I know that all my fans will still be able to find it."

'Red Nation' will appear on Game's next release, 'The R.E.D. Album,' a title the rapper claims is not about the color but rather an acronym for his "re-dedication to hip-hop."

Watch the Game 'Red Nation' Video Feat. Lil Wayne