A rapper from Indiana has filmed himself shooting a hole through his cheek. After he couldn’t find a music video director to film his stunt, he took matters into his own hands.

Kasper Knight, an aspiring rapper from the midwest, posted the video to Facebook. The clip shows him shooting directly into his cheek with a gun, after which he proceeds to talk. In the accompanying caption he wrote: “I'm answering all questions concerning my books, art gallery, and mediocre rap/ rock videos”.

“Anyway, this was really nothing,” Kasper Knight explained on Facebook. “I’ve been shot a couple times before and this was like a 4 out of 10 on the pain scale after the initial impact. I look slightly disorientated after the blast. That’s because my ears were ringing in pain. It was hard to focus on sound and although I assumed that I swallowed the bullet I wasn’t quite sure. The last time that a bullet ricocheted through me it destroyed an organ and part of another.”

People on social media have been speculating that Knight shot blanks or used a starter pistol, when no bullet was in shot. In the video, he says he may have swallowed it. He rubs the blood across his face, while a friend reacts in shock in the background.

In retaliation to the naysayers, Knight later wrote: “You guys are a mess. We got black people blaming my facial mutilation on whites, whites blaming it on blacks, conservatives blaming it on liberals, liberals blaming the gun, random fucks blaming it on Mexicans, and conspiracy theorists asking for proof even though we have a full blown unedited video on deck.

“We have people asking why when they already know the answer, average joes pretending to be ballistic experts, and civilians attempting to quote law. We also have people throwing out terms like attention whore, while simultaneously giving this video attention.

We got people making bold assumptions, prior service and current military talking shit while expecting me to respect their alleged PTSD (I am also prior service military) and people with no actual jobs in the field of mental health attempting to diagnose or recommend a diagnosis.

“Congratulations Facebook World. You just played yourself.

“Checkmate.”

The video has since received over half a million views. Watch below, but be warned, it's graphic, and please don't consider trying this out.