Killer Mike has been one of the loudest, most insightful voices among the many speaking out on the crisis in Ferguson, Missouri following the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman. First he posted some short thoughts on Instagram, then a lengthier op-ed for Billboard. Today the rapper, whose father [...]

Unarmed teen shot dead by police in St Louis earlier this month

The first time I can remember hearing T.I., he was rapping alongside Killer Mike on Bone Crusher’s “Never Scared,” and they’ve linked up a few times over the years. And this morning, Killer Mike showed up to breathe some fire on “About The Money,” T.I.’s new single with Young ...

The young Georgia rapper Scotty ATL will release a new Scion-sponsored EP called OTR2SJ later this month, and its first single, “Pray Alone,” has guest verses from two of his city’s most furious rappers: The guttural livewire Trouble and the badass elder statesman Killer Mike. I don’t know if this is a cor...

One of the magical things about Run The Jewels, the free-online album that El-P and Killer Mike made together last year, was how sui generis it was — two snarling rap dudes with disparate backgrounds but similar ideas coming together, shutting out all outside influences, and coming up with some of the meanest and funnest [...]