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Who gives a shit what Killer Mike thinks (Original Post) name not needed Nov 2015 OP
I know absolutely nothing about exboyfil Nov 2015 #1
I agree GP6971 Nov 2015 #2
He's a rapper and activist. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #3
He got his name because he kills the azmom Nov 2015 #38
Then shouldn't it be Mike Killer exboyfil Nov 2015 #39
LOL NurseJackie Nov 2015 #49
Duly noted. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #52
Pharrell Williams: "It's Hillary time in 2016". JaneyVee Nov 2015 #4
I love Pharrell! leftofcool Nov 2015 #27
Bernie is into folk music Mnpaul Nov 2015 #5
That's some next-level stuff! aidbo Nov 2015 #14
Wow...love it. Go Bernie! Our country needs your voice and vision JimDandy Nov 2015 #32
LOL treestar Nov 2015 #57
This is the song that makes you cool Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #6
Looks like the Young Republicans Club from college Deny and Shred Nov 2015 #24
LOL!! I can't believe this actually exists! Truly awful, the result of having too much money to burn reformist2 Nov 2015 #7
Well I know who Killer Mike is but have no clue who the dude is in your video that Autumn Nov 2015 #8
That's what I'm saying MaggieD Nov 2015 #9
You Ready for the Oligarchy too? Matariki Nov 2015 #40
Drama MaggieD Nov 2015 #41
I thought the oligarchy was already in charge treestar Nov 2015 #58
Never heard of him either. And I'm also put off by the name lunamagica Nov 2015 #10
Wow, not impressive MaggieD Nov 2015 #12
Very illuminating. NurseJackie Nov 2015 #50
What do you expect to accomplish with this thread? tammywammy Nov 2015 #11
Making somebody think twice... MaggieD Nov 2015 #13
I don't get why you're so upset about it. tammywammy Nov 2015 #15
I'm just sitting here laughing MaggieD Nov 2015 #17
It's their job n/t arcane1 Nov 2015 #31
How one sided treestar Nov 2015 #55
I'd rather sit down with Bernie demwing Nov 2015 #16
It's gotten some great reviews. ejbr Nov 2015 #18
To answer the question ejbr Nov 2015 #19
Katy Perry has 78 million twitter followers... SidDithers Nov 2015 #25
People know who katy Perry is. Who the hell is "Killer Mike" Dawson Leery Nov 2015 #26
I'd never heard of him before yesterday... SidDithers Nov 2015 #30
Because we ejbr Nov 2015 #46
Yes ejbr Nov 2015 #44
Yeah, but you have to look at the trajectory! 72DejaVu Nov 2015 #37
He asked a question ejbr Nov 2015 #43
And Tom Brady ejbr Nov 2015 #47
Since I know you have the good taste to like the IT Crowd, Vattel Nov 2015 #51
No, can't say I'm a fan... SidDithers Nov 2015 #53
I knew it! Vattel Nov 2015 #54
But Pharrell Williams supports Clinton MaggieD Nov 2015 #34
He asked a question, ejbr Nov 2015 #42
Oh my dog... that is just all kinds of awful. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #20
You Forgot The :sarcasm: Thingy... WillyT Nov 2015 #21
Pretty sure this is sarcasm folks! nt. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #22
That's not the worst Hillary Clinton campaign song Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #23
Killer Mike: Even more "scary" than Cornell West. EEeeek!!! Black Radicals!!! 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #28
Hey DU! bravenak Nov 2015 #29
I prefer this Bernie song! zappaman Nov 2015 #33
LOL! MaggieD Nov 2015 #35
As for Killer Mike... votesparks Nov 2015 #36
I think he sang one... Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #45
You'd lose that bet. LWolf Nov 2015 #48
That's cute! treestar Nov 2015 #56
Neither is the audience for Hillary. TIME TO PANIC Nov 2015 #59

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. I know absolutely nothing about
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:47 PM
Nov 2015

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.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
3. He's a rapper and activist.
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:50 PM
Nov 2015
Killer Mike Talks Race Relations, Calls For More Minority-Owned Labels at MIT Lecture

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

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
4. Pharrell Williams: "It's Hillary time in 2016".
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:50 PM
Nov 2015

I like Pharrell. That guy Killer Mike is all about the guns.

 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
14. That's some next-level stuff!
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:10 PM
Nov 2015

Reggae-ish backbeat over a spoken word version of a folk song?

Way ahead of it's time.

And no use of Auto-tune.

Deny and Shred

(1,061 posts)
24. Looks like the Young Republicans Club from college
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:51 PM
Nov 2015

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?

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
8. Well I know who Killer Mike is but have no clue who the dude is in your video that
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:04 PM
Nov 2015

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. .

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
10. Never heard of him either. And I'm also put off by the name
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:06 PM
Nov 2015

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...

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
11. What do you expect to accomplish with this thread?
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:07 PM
Nov 2015

Seriously. Sure some posters showed their ass talking smack about Killer Mike. Both Sanders and Clinton have received endorsements from celebrities and musicians.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
15. I don't get why you're so upset about it.
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:11 PM
Nov 2015

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.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
16. I'd rather sit down with Bernie
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:14 PM
Nov 2015

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)
19. To answer the question
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:26 PM
Nov 2015

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.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
26. People know who katy Perry is. Who the hell is "Killer Mike"
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:04 PM
Nov 2015

and why did he opt for such a horrible name?

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
30. I'd never heard of him before yesterday...
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:08 PM
Nov 2015

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)
44. Yes
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:17 AM
Nov 2015

Those 12 and 13 year old girls must be so confused. Oh, sorry I shouldn't have pointed out the intellect she attracts.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
43. He asked a question
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:14 AM
Nov 2015

I answered. Now besides kissing a girl, what type of political speech does Katie have to share?

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
47. And Tom Brady
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:25 AM
Nov 2015

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)
51. Since I know you have the good taste to like the IT Crowd,
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 10:39 AM
Nov 2015

I am sure you can't like Katy Perry's music.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
54. I knew it!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 11:00 AM
Nov 2015

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)
34. But Pharrell Williams supports Clinton
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:13 PM
Nov 2015

And he has over 7.9 MILLION Twitter followers. So there.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
42. He asked a question,
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:12 AM
Nov 2015

I answered. I wonder what type of political speech he would offer his followers.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
28. Killer Mike: Even more "scary" than Cornell West. EEeeek!!! Black Radicals!!!
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:05 PM
Nov 2015

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.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
48. You'd lose that bet.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:56 AM
Nov 2015

I've never seen a candidate with as many songs written about him, and they cross all genres.

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