Killer Mike has emerged as strong political voice in the current landscape.
During a recent discussion with co-founder and executive editor of The Recount John Heilemann for the Hell & High Water with John Heilemann podcast, the Run The Jewels powerhouse and activist spoke on a bevy of topics — from Lil Wayne’s Donald Trump endorsement to Ice Cube’s behind-the-scenes work with the current administration.
Par for the course, Mike was honest and blunt about his opinions on each subject.
“I don’t know why Wayne did the endorsement,” he said of Wayne. “I’m still a Lil Wayne fan. He is one of the greatest rappers on fucking earth, but I suspect, like 50 Cent said, they offer you a million bucks, shoot, they might’ve given to Wayne … They offered 50 a million. Shit, Weezy, they might’ve offered Weezy three or four, you know?
“And, shit, I wouldn’t support Trump, but if you called me with a five million dollar offer, I at least got to roll over and say, ‘Shea [his wife], they offered us five fucking million.’ She’s going to say, ‘Go to fucking sleep.’ You know what I mean? So I’m sure that his endorsement was they paid, right? That’s not to say right or wrong. That’s simply to say, politicians are bought by lobbyists. Politicians spread money around.”
As far as Cube, who was accused of being a Trump supporter in October after 45’s senior campaign advisor Katrina Pierson outed him for speaking to them about his Contract With Black America (CWBA) and Trump’s Platinum Plan, he said the blame doesn’t fall on the N.W.A legend.
“They also understood that we were being ignored by the party we had been giving so much support to, and they took advantage of that,” he explained. “They didn’t take advantage of Ice Cube. They took advantage of the missteps of the Democratic Party.”
Mike then addressed Kanye West running in the 2020 presidential election and basically chalked up the move to his ego. He added nothing Ye does is a big shock to him.
“Kanye could not be Kanye if he was not audacious enough to feel he could be president,” he said. “He could not be one of the most free and innovative thinkers on earth. He could not be a builder of one of the largest brands. He could not be a super producer. He could not be as prolific rapper with the audacious … and he got some great writers, too. He could not be that. So I am not surprised by shit Yeezy does.”
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Finally, Mike was asked about his fellow Atlanta native T.I. who convinced Mike to attend a press conference following the police killing of George Floyd. Mike, who admitted he initially didn’t want to do it, delivered an impassioned speech about police brutality and other political issues that quickly went viral.
“So T.I got you to come up, and you’re up there with Keisha Lance Bottoms, and you gave this long speech, about eight minutes long, that went viral and took you into a different place,” Heilemann said. “I can’t tell you the number of white people I know who were like, ‘Who’s this fucking Killer Mike dude, man? He’s fucking incredible.’
“And that was a moment, right, in America. That was a pitched moment. There was nowhere in the country where more than 100,000 people live where there was not some racial justice moment happening.”
Listen to the full episode below.
People are sick of being told which way to vote! Never forget when John legend texted ye “we have an obligation to vote left” it’s crazy! Blacks can be republicans! I know many!
Leaving the Democratic Party and going to the Republican Party is akin to battling alcoholism by becoming a heroin addict
facts
facts…. to what hollywood cole said.
Malcolm X warned us about these so-called black entertainer “leaders” who are aligned with the Democrat Party
I dont think whoever wrote this understood what Killer Mike was saying about kanye. He did not “Chalk up the move to his ego”. He explained that if he did not have all the ambition that he does, including thinking he could win the presidency, he wouldent be so successful and boundary-pushing at all the other areas he has been prolific in, and that is why Mike was not surprised to hear ye was running for president.
I believe 50 was specific on what Trumps campaign offered. I could be wrong but I think that initial 500k, upped to a mil was to appear at the inauguration. They were struggling to secure acts, everyone was turning them down. And I’m sure Trump and 50 have crossed paths on a few occasions in the last 20 years. I don’t think they offered a mil to endorse Trump. And I think Mike is over shooting what wayne would have been offered for the endorsement. Love him or hate his trolling ass, but 50s following is much bigger than Wayne’s. It has nothing to do with music. But his social media following is huge. I’d be surprised if Wayne got more than 500k-1 mil for the endorsement. No way they offered 3-5 mil. Their coffers were running light during the campaign. Don’t think they had that kind of money to throw around if they wanted to.
Killer Mike is talking rubbish about Lil Wayne. I am sure he was NOT paid anything for the endorsement. He just did it because Trump has genuinely done more for black Americans than Obama did. Also I am sure Biden’s plans for over 60% taxes added the motivation for Lil Wayne to endorse Trump because Biden will be taxing Lil Wayne and others millions and millions more every year than Trump did.
You went full retard. Never go full retard.
Lmaoooo
What is this shit about presidents doing shit for blacks anyway? Trump thinks that blacks will accept these handouts so we can vote him back into power so he can sabotage the world on the back end. Biden will do way more for the entire country (and yes, that includes blacks, because, um, we are part of the country) than Trump. And it’s not going to happen just before an election.
Biden will tax rich people, not your average income ass muhafuka
oh hallelujah.
So basically he just kisses everyone’s behind and at the end pretends he didn’t side with the same people he preaches against with Bottoms? Him and Joy Reid have been clowns.
This dude endorsed Bernie, that is irredeemably stupid. Bernie has no understanding of basic economics, and all his sheep supporters think just because the UK and Sweden have single payer that we, who are in debt and pay by far the most money to NATO, could afford all the things Bernie is preaching about without our money devaluing by 90% in ten years.
Right. Bernie was the problem.
I think you’re the one who doesn’t understand basic economics, you fucking idiot
“They also understood that we were being ignored by the party we had been giving so much support to, and they took advantage of that,” he explained. “They didn’t take advantage of Ice Cube. They took advantage of the missteps of the Democratic Party.”
Anybody who says this has not been following the dem 2020 campaign. Both parties are doing an all out pandering fest. Not saying Dem policies haven’t been problematic since forever, but the main reason they went with Biden was because he did the best with the black voter population.