Rapper Kasper Knight shoots himself in face for Facebook Live video

(WARNING: Graphic imagery above. The video has been edited: no blood is visible, and the moment of shooting is not included.)

Rapper Kasper Knight, a.k.a Kasper Tha Phantom, is apparently very serious about achieving fame.

The Indiana man put a gun to his cheek and pulled the trigger in a Facebook Live video, claiming he was doing it in order to include it in an upcoming music video.

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The Live video, which still hasn’t been pulled from the site, is incredibly graphic, and Knight continues to bleed and talk normally as the footage keeps going.

Knight later wrote on Facebook after perceived “haters” accused him of taking a publicity stunt to a ludicrous level.

You can watch an edited version of the video, above.