A-Mafia is a rapper from Harlem, New York. He has started rapping at the age of 15 while he was incarcerated.-Mafia, the Harlem rapper, took the wheel of a cherry red 1970 Chevelle SS and headed down Jamaica Avenue in Queens. The Chevy’s owner gave chase in a SUV with a sunroof, through which a music video director popped up to shoot footage of A-Mafia driving.

They pulled up to a residential block with pretty single-family houses, where Mafia began lip-synching as his song, “CEO Music” blared from the SUV. His voice was deep but smooth, his flow aggressive. “This rap game is stressful/ In the crack game we was successful…”

The muscle car’s red matched the colors of his baseball shirt and skullcap. Tattooed from neck to forearms, he is 32, but can pass for younger.

Mafia shot the video a few weeks ago to promote the release of his eighth mixtape, “Straight Savage.” A rap veteran, A-Mafia self-finances his music and videos, then uses social media to extend his reach.