Killer Mike says that world championship boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather should be appreciated more than he is.
“I am not sure about folks who tell me they don’t ‘like’ Floyd,” Killer Mike writes in the caption of an Instagram photo of Mayweather with more than a dozen of his boxing championship belts that he posted today (October 23). “He works Hard, he refuses to be handled so he Went into biz himself. He partners with another black man ‘Al Haymon’, and they have dominated while dispelling that ‘blacks can’t be in biz with on another myth of evil’.”
After stating that Mayweather enriched his family by employing them and by moving past disagreements with them, Killer Mike says that Mayweather has also done things other boxers have not.
“He saved his health and is wise with his dollar so his children’s children will prosper (that is some biblical King David shit right there),” the Run The Jewels rapper writes. “He played the fool, full of folly & fooled us all. We thought he was drinking and he was training, we thought he was smoking and joking but naw he was training. He created a style in which none cud defeat him! Call it Running I call it evading . It is what Akido preaches. Use your opponents energy & force against them. He knows you used more energy missing so he made u miss and when he got the chances he pelted you. After the fight was over u were tired worn and puffy while he was smiling smooth faced & talking shit!”
Killer Mike then addresses the physical confrontations Mayweather has had with the women in his life.
“We thought his run in with the law and immature act of fighting with a woman wud do him in but naw, he learned, adjusted, accepted and matured,” Killer Mike writes. “Bravo for that too, for any man that has made that horrible mistake and matured into better. Floyd thank U for figuring out what Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Both Suga Rays, Ali & Tyson alike cud not: u mastered boxing inside and out side the ring, u mastered your passions and u let nothing become the Master of You. #SelfMastery is truly a gift earned thru pain and u suffered for your greatness. I am inspired by this brother. We all want the Belt (what ever your goal is in life) but, who is willing to #SelfMaster to achieve the Glory.”
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Dispell the myths? Black people are good at beating people up? Last time I checked Pretty Boy Floyd was just a boxer or am I mistaken?
The myth of blacks not being able to do business with one another. He works with his partner/promoter without killing himself in the process…tighten up
Just a boxer doesn’t rake in 300 million in one calendar year, you hater.
Killer Mike is a smart dumb mothafucka. I cringe every time he’s doing some pseudo-political rant somewhere. I give him props for speaking up, but I wish it was someone more intelligent, more classy, and more respectable. This nigga isnt as smart as he thinks he is, he just talks loud and intimidates people. He’s the guy at the bar that’s not worth arguing with.
I applaud him because as much time as ppl spend trying to tare Floyd down- they actually miss the point. Ppl change and mature; if you look @ the history of white celebrity domestic violence you’ll see. The media tends to forget, then hold those same offenders on a pedestal. Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage, Christian Slater, James Caan, Stephen Colbert- When have you heard domestic violence mentioned in the same sentence with these men recently? Exactly!!! Their making headline news out of cases that are 5 to 12 years old. Y?
Anyone that would deny Floyd’s brilliance in the ring is a fool. But being a great athlete doesn’t absolve you of your responsibility to be a decent human being. Athletes, especially in the black community, are too highly revered. They can be dead beat dads, abusive to women, rude to people, and as shallow as the day is long, but if they’re a good athlete and/or have a lot of money, it’s somehow acceptable.
Killer Mike is a smart mothafucka. I raise my black power fist every time he’s doing some enlightening speech. I give him props for speaking up, it’s more intelligent, more classy, and more respectable than the norm. This nigga doesnt nigga think he’s as smart as some people thinks he thinks he is. He’s the guy at the bar that’s worth having discussions with
He’s not a nigga and there is no Black Power or White Power. You sound like KKK. You probably won’t find him at the bar for sure. WTF kind of enlightenment are you getting at the BAR??? You think he gets his enlightenment and goes to the Bar to get drunk? ….
Triple G would beat Floyd down for real!!
No way Jose, floyd Fighting IQ is too high for that. Triple G is very good, he needs to get tested against Cotto.
So true but haters will find another way to discredit mayweather
He trippin for saying Muhammad Ali didnt handle his business with women, he still married with a lot of children. Anyway, everything else was on point. And It’s Aikido.
Still can’t read tho
But he has more money than you and your whole family though!
Still can’t spell “though”…
Truly great athlete. Shitty person. Same as kobe. Theres a way to go about things. People can appreciate your acheivements but not respect the way you conduct yourself. Killer mike and freddie gibbs are my two favourite rappers out atm, but mike misses the point in some of his sermons.
Mike’s an interesting and smart guy and has his opinions. Fantastic rapper. I think since RTJ and his CNN/Maher/NPR/whatever appearances white blog people decided he was like, the thinking man’s gangsta emissary or something. Don’t get it twisted, he’s a fuckin’ gangsta rapper from Atlanta, he’ll still say some things that are completely not PC and might make little sense to others.
And also, Gibbs: “When I get ’em together they like each other/Knockin’ hoes down like Mayweather,” on All Types with H-Trae.
Maidana beat the shit out him period.
nice one
Mayweather is the Greatest of all time! He is the best athlete ever! He won’t get his credit until 10 years from now I feel. What sets mayweather apart from any other athlete regardless of colour is his belief in his financial strategy and living proof to all that indepedence works! I think a lot of hip hop artists could learn from him! It is an angle where he can offer to aspiring artists at a cost. Ironically mayweather success is the epitome of what hip hop is about! HE IS HIP HOP!
This man cannot be serious… he just can’t.
the main objective of boxing is not to get hit, and then put in that work
being black > being cracka
No ones ever tired after a Floyd fight. All his opponents look refreshed and ready for a photo shoot. Killer mike seems to see what he wants to see. Floyds poison, ask his ex GGfs and bffs like 50