Portland venue Roseland played host to Atlanta rap kingpins Big Boi and Killer Mike. Big Boi performed a hits-filled set, replete with his own solo material and a significant part of his contribution to OutKat’s catalogue, while Mike did tracks from both R.A.P. Music and Pledge Allegiance. Check out our pictures of the show, shot [...]

We’ve already heard one thing from Killer Mike today: A snippet of “Banana Clipper,” a track from Run The Jewels, his new team-up with El-P. Mike is in more conventional mode on “Villain,” a new song from the soundtrack of the forthcoming DC Comics-themed video game Injustice: Gods Among Us. The ...

El-P produced two of last year’s best rap albums: His own Cancer For Cure and Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music. El and Mike are good friends and frequent collaborators, so the team-up didn’t end there. They’ve now formed a duo called Run The Jewels, and they’re working on an album together, one both of...

Killer Mike has always been an absolute animal of a live rapper, and he’s usually done it with a minimal mic-plus-DJ setup. Last night on the Late Show With David Letterman, though, a full live band, including hook-singer Scar and Mike’s buddy El-P on button-mashing duty, turned up to help turn the R.A.P. Music track [...]

Artists join line-up for February 2013 shows