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Teenage Brooklyn Rapper Wants Men to Stop Looking his Mom

By DNAinfo Staff on October 14, 2010 11:30am

By Yepoka Yeebo

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — A Brooklyn teen rapper has scored an Internet hit with a song that details his dusgust at men who leer at his mom.

High school freshman Brian Bradley, 14, who performs as The Astronomical Kid, has a hit YouTube video called "Stop Looking at My Moms," which has netted over 175,000 views. Internet success helped land Bradley the opening gig for rapper Fabolous at Pace University next Thursday.

"I didn't like the way people were staring at my mother when I walked down the street. It was very offending," the Bedford-Stuyvesant teen told the Daily News.

"Women, they are not pieces of meat. They are human beings. They should be respected," he added. "Men should know better."

In the video, pint-sized Bradley raps "Don't hiss at her, don't kiss at her, or else I'm gonna have to throw my fists at you," standing up for a series of other children sick of men ogling their moms. Wearing a gold rope chain, and sporting a mohawk, he adds "Just 'cos I'm a shortie doesn't mean I won't do you no harm."

Bradley writes his own lyrics, and has performed more than 100 times since he started rapping at age 10, according to the News.

"I decided instead of being violent, and going about it the wrong way, I'd put it on a record," he said. "It's a track everyone can relate to. I don't like people lookin' at my moms. I'm pretty sure nobody likes it."

His mother, who asked not to be identified, told the News she was thrilled by the video.

"I don't think that any child wants anyone catcalling their mother. ... What he is trying to say is, 'This is my mom, have some respect, not only for her, but for me, too.' I think it's a good message."