2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWho gives a shit what Killer Mike thinks
I bet Bernie doesn't even have his own country song.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Killer Mike, and I support Bernie.
But I have to ask - how does an endorsement from someone nicknamed "Killer" help you? I am put off by the name.
And who is this guy?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)About a dozen journalists, college and professional alike in awe of Run The Jewels as per their conversations in the hallway, shuffled in and pulled up chairs still warm from Friday (April 24) classes. Killer Mike was seated, waiting for his pupils by a wall of chalkboards tagged with stray equations, slowly picking at a plate of fresh fruit on his desk.
"You'll have to speak up." A smile clean across his beard, Mike apologized for being hard of hearing. "My ears are shot. I'm a musician."
...
The first question from a student, about the "slave and slave master construct" of the music industry, cut directly to the topic of the visit: race relations in the United States. In turn Mike skipped any small talk, right away setting the tone for his installment of the ongoing MIT Hip Hop Speaker Series. For two-and-a-half hours, in class with the reporters then nearby on a leather couch in an unusually intimate lecture hall, no punches would be pulled or words whispered.
...
A graduate of Morehouse College, the 40-year-old Mike's academic and activist stripes are as impressive as his rap credentials, and of late he's leveraged RTJ's enormous popularity to amplify progressive messages-- lecturing and writing op-eds, attending tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner, challenging media outside of the hip-hop paradigm.
He grew up the son of a cop in Atlanta church culture, and was trained as a community organizer by civil rights icons; with the current heated climate around issues of police misconduct, he seemed a fitting choice of guest. Not everyone thought so though, and so after finishing his interview with journalists in class, Mike began his larger lecture by addressing a faceless student blogger who protested his appearance ahead of time.
"They asked me not to mention this," Mike told the crowd, adding that "colleges get scared when people write mean shit about the people they bring." Nevertheless, he raised his middle finger for the hater, blasted, "No one gives a damn about your blog," and explained, "I'm here because I'm qualified to be here." As for his purpose in accepting the school's invite: "I'm not here to get you to buy a CD ... I believe in smart people ... The intelligence in this room is the only thing that can save this country."
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6546027/killer-mike-run-the-jewels-race-relations-minority-owned-labels-mit-hip-hop-speaker-series
Good article here too:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251846618
azmom
(5,208 posts)Microphone.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)and not Killer Mike?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)tazkcmo
(7,302 posts)This should be issue #1 in the campaign.
sarcasm
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)I like Pharrell. That guy Killer Mike is all about the guns.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)Songs about Country not country songs.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)Reggae-ish backbeat over a spoken word version of a folk song?
Way ahead of it's time.
And no use of Auto-tune.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Bernie got himself into that one all right!
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Deny and Shred
(1,061 posts)And like the Young Republicans, they are convinced they are hip.
Its a toss up between this vid and the one in the OP for the worst prize conceivable.
Someone spent some cash to produce these, too. Yeesh.
Which one is Andy Bernard, and which is Broccoli Rob?
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)you seem to give a shit about because he supports Hillary. IMO country music sux . Especially the who sing through their nose to get that little nasal twangy thing going on. .
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)or just slow on the uptake?
Not into it
treestar
(82,383 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Here's a tweet from him after the Chaleston church shootings:
@liam96murphy
I will NEVER be pro gun control. long as blacks can be killed by the state and terrorist.
ah umma be pro save yo own life
8:34 AM - 18 Jun 2015
I'm not impressed...
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)At all.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Seriously. Sure some posters showed their ass talking smack about Killer Mike. Both Sanders and Clinton have received endorsements from celebrities and musicians.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)About the 17th killer Mike thread? Just guessing. IDK.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Trash the threads. You could even add "Killer Mike" to your trash key words list. We get it, you didn't know who he was and don't think it's a big deal. Seriously. We. Get. It.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)Not upset in the least. It's entertaining.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)You trash this thread - the equivalent of your post.
demwing
(16,916 posts)Country western singer always look like extremely clean cowboys.
Do they know that real cowboys smelled more like cows than boys?
Is a puzzlement...
ejbr
(5,856 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)Killer Mike has over 160,000 Twitter followers which is twice as many as Hillary supporters Donna Edwards (19K) and Jennifer Granholm (60K) combined. So, some people care what he has to say; even more than some so-called illustrious politicians.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)If you want to get all numbersy and shit.
Sid
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)and why did he opt for such a horrible name?
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)But some Bernie people, who've been oh-so supportive of racial issues before now, think he's the second coming of MLK.
'Course, they were all excited about the Cornel West endorsement too.
Sid
ejbr
(5,856 posts)respect their intelligence, not their ability to sell records. Capiche?
Those 12 and 13 year old girls must be so confused. Oh, sorry I shouldn't have pointed out the intellect she attracts.
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)I answered. Now besides kissing a girl, what type of political speech does Katie have to share?
ejbr
(5,856 posts)supports Trump. The OP asked a question and it was answered with context. Regardless of his numbers, he could more likely hold his own in a political conversation than Ms. Perry who I would be shocked to know that she understands where Hillary stands on more than 3 issues.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)I am sure you can't like Katy Perry's music.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Vattel
(9,289 posts)I do worry that I have been so hard on Clinton this primary season that people will start calling me "Negative One" (if you recall the episode).
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)And he has over 7.9 MILLION Twitter followers. So there.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)I answered. I wonder what type of political speech he would offer his followers.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Everything that's wrong with country music in one short video.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Juicy_Bellows
(2,427 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I think this is
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Who does Bernie think he is? ... accepting endorsements from Blacks who have managed to hang-on to their
resonant authentic radicalism and have refused to kissed the ring of the Oligarchy.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)There is a function that allows you to trash key words.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)votesparks
(1,288 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)I've never seen a candidate with as many songs written about him, and they cross all genres.
treestar
(82,383 posts)The audience for country music isn't all that liberal though - my estimate!