Killer Mike found himself a trending Twitter topic over the weekend after a controversial interview he did with the National Rifle Association went viral. Now, the Run The Jewels MC has issued an apology on Instagram.
The veteran rapper wasn’t necessarily sorry for doing the interview. Instead, he took issue with NRATV’s timing to post part of his interview ahead of the March For Our Lives rally. In the interview, Mike voices his support for the Second Amendment while taking issue with the recent school walkout protests. something he clarifies in several Instagram videos he posted on Sunday (March 25).
“I took a move out of one of my heroes’ book, Dr. Martin Luther King … and I sat with people who I might not always agree with,” he begins. “I did an interview about black gun ownership in this era. That interview was used a week later by NRATV to disparage a very noble campaign that I actually support.”
He continues, “I wanna say first I’m sorry guys. I’m sorry that an interview that I did about a minority, black people in this country, and gun rights was used as a weapon against you guys. That was unfair to you and it was wrong. It disparaged the very noble work you’re doing. The work you’re doing is self-motivated, self-initiated and it’s noble. I think you should be doing this.”
Later, Mike reiterates he’s an ally and advocate to all of those students who took place in the March For Our Lives rallies across the globe but blamed the “adults” and NRA TV for the uproar.
“Now, as your ally — and I am your ally, young people — I wanna say that many of the people that I organize with were at that march … I’m a friend and advocate to you all,” he says. “The young people, especially who are self-motivated, self-organized, I am an ally and advocate for you always. I’m simply saying this to say that my interview with said organization, who we all don’t agree with, was supposed to be something that continued the conversation or that helped the conversation happen that I felt needed to happen. And that conversation is about African-American gun ownership. ”
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He added, “To the young people that worked tirelessly to organize, I’m sorry adults chose to do this. I’m sorry NRATV did that. I’m sorry adults on the left and the right are choosing to use me as a lightning rod.”
Support For Killer Mike
Several of Mike’s peers stepped up to show their support for the situation, including his Run The Jewels cohort El-P.
“I don’t drop friends from my life because I disagree with them or the way they went about getting a message out, even [if] it goes wrong,” he wrote on Twitter. “Not when I know their heart and know for a fact that they care more and try harder to help people on a daily basis than most do in a lifetime. more than me, more than most. That’s Mike. We know this guy. He fucking cares.”
He continued, “despite our many differences (and I promise you they are vast and often hotly debated), I’ve been around the block and I know a good person when I see one … no I can not and will not ever turn my back on this man. He wouldn’t turn his on me or you.”
Mike responded to El-P’s tweet with one of his own and apologized to RTJ cohort for his “bull in a china store like tendencies.”
“I am so humbled to be your friend, brother & group member,” Mike wrote.”I am so grateful to have an ally always. I apologize for my bull in a china store like tendencies! I drive u nuts but i promise u I love ya brother & will always do what’s right. Thank u for your underserved suffering
Hip Hop artists like Chuck D and R.A. The Rugged Man also came to Mike’s defense in a show of solidarity.
Check out those tweets below.
Must suck for your mind to be consumed about race 24/7….
It doesn’t suck more than being oppressed by a race with an inferiority complex
Yeah. That race that murders each other at 50X Thebes rate. That 15% off tge population that makes up 65% of prison populations. The sameness race that leads in welfare? Damn. Good stuff. Check out south side Chicago, then take a visit to downtown Malibu. Let me know who has what’s kind of complex afterwards…
White people lead in welfare… The prison population is full of black people by design…. White people murder each other just as much, it is reported differently…. Eat a dick coward….
White people suck. We brought them here to our prosperous africa and they whine and complain whole time. Muss b dem bad jeans coz they cant set a single society up on their big continent. Unlike us in Africa. And everywhere we are theres prosperity. Kool aid 4 everybody its on the house yall.
No it’s not. Murder is only reported one way.
Ah yes the inaccurate and contextless, 15% / 66% of population, Welfare…oh Chicago! You are a sheep.
Glad he cleared that up. Much love to the Killer of Mic’s.. in Amerikkka the gun is to the punk what the computer is to the lame; Instant relevance… Support quality Hiphop y’all
This racist, fake SJW hipocrite painted himself into a corner as usual. What a dumbass. Just shut up and spit your simpleton stutter raps, Killesterol Mike.
Another person bullied into silence, Colion Noir has been called Uncle Tom, Token Black Guy, House Negro, and any other racist thing you can think of by people who are supposedly “not racist” and threatened to be shot by liberals. He did an interview and gave his opinion, it didn’t matter when it came out, he was still going to get shit because he’s not falling in line.
Timing, Context, it all matters. Example… If “All Lives Matter” came out FIRST, we would all agree, yes that’s right! The fact it came out as a RESPONSE to “Black Lives Matter”, as in clearly to counter it…is why it is frowned upon. Timing counts.
Did you watch the interview? It was filmed between the walkouts and the March and was released 2 days before the March. He specifically had a problem with the walkouts, didn’t say March. It’s not his fault people don’t listen and more people read the outrageous headlines derived from the lack of listening skills.
It was filmed before the march, then aired, out of context, serving as a counter to the March. Im paraphrasing, but those were his sentiments. It was corny how they leveraged his words out of context. And to your point. He got heat, then came out and clarified. Hardly silenced.
So it was filmed and aired before the March? And they specifically talked about the walkouts? Did you even watch the 7 minute video or the 43 minute interview?
You’re suggesting he has been silenced. That he made a public statement factually NEGATES this notion. You are the one thats not paying attention.
Well he changed his mind fast. Although already been called a house ngro in some leftist publications.
its not about having no balls. Its about making a statement that you ASSUMED was going to be presented in the right context and it was not. He got played. Theres a difference. But you internet fools only see binary.
Its not about the name calling this is what happen when you sat down wit a Racist organization like the NRA and its later learn by the public that you honor their extreme views and lack of respect for human life in order for you to denounce this ignorant organization you got to do more our babies are dying out here by the hands of cowards and those cowards in Washington DC who want stand up because they are getting money from the NRA so those of you who hate he is being call a sell out or uncle tom he got to do more than that little twitter message
“Racist organization like the NRA” “their extreme views and lack of respect for human life” – Care to elaborate? Provide me something to backup these claims of yours. What extreme views? btw i’m black.
https://medium.com/@_CSGV/we-know-the-nras-history-yes-it-s-racist-17a3a5188dcb
Nobody needs guns. This obsession to won one is extreme by nature. The obsession to allow EVERYONE without any restrictions, to obtain one, is foolish and yes extreme. Start there.
The fact that he even has to apologize is indicative of how totalitarian this movement is.
Thats why I always say Liberalism is the new Fascism
It’s not liberalism. It’s leftism. Leftists have co-opted the term liberalism. Leftism has always been totalitarian in nature.
“Whats the use in speaking how you truly feel if you gon have to turn around and take it back”… royce da 5’9
It’s clear that there is a very strong effort to discourage we the people from doing brain on this and any left right issue. Truth is not a value to leftist, maybe it is to liberals but not leftist.
As you can see, every now and then, even the snake charmer gets bit…get well soon, Mike…