Tisha Campbell-Martin's music video recalls rape

Tisha Campbell-Martin is turning a painful experience into something positive with her new music video Steel Here.

In the clip, the actress and singer, best known for her work on the Fox sitcom Martin, turns the words from her accused rapist's apology letter into art, having them painted on her body. In an Instagram post, Campbell-Martin said that when she was coming up with the concept for the video with director Viktorija Pashuta, they decided to use her alleged sexual assault as the springboard.

"Viktorija asked me to come up with one event that may have seemed trying while i was experiencing it but i turned into a positive. I shared with her how fortunate I was to recently receive a five page apology letter from the person who raped me when I was three years old. When the letter arrived, it blessed me. It allowed me to FORGIVE and I'm so incredibly grateful. So with that, Viktorija begins the story with a man writing the letter, then you see him writing the words on my body...Words taken from the actual letter. She illustrated the theme of #forgiveness in the mirrored room where I have to really look at myself and fight my own demons."

In a Twitter post, she also explained that even the fashion and colors she chose for the video are symbolic.