A former U.S. Army officer who headed Georgia’s volunteer State Defense Force retired from the military unit shortly after he appeared in a high-energy music video featuring two rappers parading around a mansion and singing raunchy lyrics laced with racial epithets.
Mark Gelhardt submitted his resignation from the volunteer force June 26. He didn’t return calls, emails and texts seeking comment, but two senior officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the resignation came after he was featured in a video of “FreakyT” posted by TiaCorine, a rising hip-hop star.
In the video released in April, Gelhardt is seen dancing, drinking and dining with TiaCorine and Latto for the remix version of the song, which was first released last year and has reached No. 22 on Billboard’s Rap Airplay charts.
