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Minneapolis Rapper Nur-D Grateful To Be Alive After Arrest By Federal Agents During Protests
More at home in the studio, it was the events of Jan. 24 that forced him out of his comfort zone and into the streets.
January 30, 2026
Minneapolis-based hip-hop artist Nur-D says he thought he was going to die at the hands of federal agents last weekend amid the protests that erupted in the aftermath of Alex Pretti being shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
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More at home in the studio, it was the events of Jan. 24 that forced him out of his comfort zone and into the streets.
"This is real, this is life or death. You could die from saying, 'I don't like this,'" said Nur-D. "I went out there to voice my hurt, voice my pain, to exercise my First Amendment right, to say I just don't think it's cool to kill people in the street."
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