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New book chronicles the origins and politics of rap duo Run The Jewels

Run The Jewels has built a cult following by capturing the discontent of the poor and the oppressed. A new book looks at the music the duo has created and the political landscape from which it emerged.

January 14, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
In 2023, after two decades in the rap game, Killer Mike turned a page in his career with the highly autobiographical album <em>Michael</em>, which won him multiple trophies at the Grammy awards, where he was arrested backstage. On his new follow-up, <em>Songs For Sinners and Saints</em> he reworks several songs from <em>Michael</em> by reaching even deeper back into the church music of his childhood.

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The gospel according to Michael

On his latest album, the Atlanta rapper, who swept the hip-hop prizes at this year's Grammys, continues to turn personal turmoil into testimony.

August 07, 2024
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  • Rodney Carmichael
Usher poses with the Lifetime Achievement award in the press room during the BET Awards on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

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BET Awards 2024: Usher is honored by Childish Gambino, Chloe Bailey performs

Usher has been honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards. Childish Gambino, Coco Jones and Keke Palmer were part of a stacked all-star tribute to the R&B superstar.

July 01, 2024
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Outside the private, invitation-only "celebration of life" for Atlanta's beloved behind-the-scenes figure, 52-year-old Rico Wade.

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'Thank God for this urban genius': Inside late Atlanta music visionary Rico Wade's farewell

If it could be summed up in a sentence: Rico Wade's "celebration of life" April 26 at Ebenezer Baptist Church was something Rico Wade would understandably not stop talking about. A U.S. senator eulogized him, the current and a former mayor of Atlanta shared their passionate remarks, the 52-year old was given the city's honor and it was announced that a music industry executive training program will be launched in his name.

April 29, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
Crowds of people jam Marietta Street for Freaknik near the intersection of Peachtree Street in Atlanta on April 19, 1996.

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'Freaknik' documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

A new Hulu documentary takes a look at the legendary street party Freaknik held in Atlanta during the 80s and 90s. "Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told" will touch on how the event started as a simple Atlanta Black college cookout during spring break but grew to draw thousands from across the United States.

March 14, 2024
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Jay-Z (left) accepts the honorary Dr. Dre Global Impact Award alongside his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, during the 66th Grammy Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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When will Black artists be ready to break up with The Grammys?

On Sunday, Jay-Z accepted an honorary Grammy by taking gentle aim at the awards' failure to support Black musicians. "We want y'all to get it right — at least get it close to right" he said.

February 06, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Killer Mike, left, and DJ Paul accepts the award for best rap performance for "Scientists & Engineers" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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Killer Mike says arrest at Grammys stems from altercation with an 'over-zealous' security guard

Killer Mike says an "over-zealous" security guard contributed to the physical altercation that led to his arrest after the rapper and activist won three awards at the Grammys. On Sunday, Mike was escorted in handcuffs by Los Angeles police at Crypto.com Arena after joyous moments for him at the Grammys' Premiere Ceremony, where he won his awards in quick succession.

February 06, 2024
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Killer Mike poses in the press room with the awards for best rap performance and best rap song for "Scientists & Engineers," and best rap album for "Michael" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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Killer Mike arrested by police following altercation at the Grammy Awards after earning 3 trophies

Killer Mike was arrested on a misdemeanor at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after the rapper and activist won three Grammy awards including his first in more than two decades.

February 05, 2024
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In this Feb. 8, 2004 file photo, OutKast members Big Boi and Andre 3000 pose in front of the three awards they won at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. In 2004 OutKast's double album, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," was the second rap album to win album of the year.

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A history of hip-hop in Georgia: From Jack the Rapper to 'rap's epicenter'

Hip-hop may have originated in New York, but the genre now finds many of its current hitmakers in Georgia. And there are at least 50 important moments in hip-hop involving the state's artists, record labels or just events that happened here.

August 11, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray
<em>Michael</em> is Killer Mike's first solo album since 2012, after over a decade of focusing on his duo Run the Jewels.

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Killer Mike at the top of the mountain

Faith and religion have been career-long themes for the Run the Jewels rapper — if often in a wary, ambivalent light. But on Michael, his first solo LP in over a decade, something has changed.

June 28, 2023
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Killer Mike

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Atlanta Rapper Killer Mike Calls Out Grammy Snub

Atlanta-based hip-hop artist Killer Mike joined a roster of other musicians calling out the Grammy Awards after his duo, Run the Jewels, did not receive a nomination for their album Run the Jewels 4, despite it receiving critical acclaim earlier in the year.

December 02, 2020
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Killer Mike To Earn Change Maker Award At Billboard Awards

Grammy-winning rapper and social-political activist Killer Mike will receive the first Billboard Change Maker Award at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

October 13, 2020
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 photo, hip-hop artist and activist Killer Mike speaks during a rally with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at Morehouse College, in Atlanta.

INTERVIEW: Killer Mike Talks Atlanta Protests, 'Kill Your Masters' T-Shirt

Atlanta rapper Michael "Killer Mike" Render knows the city isn't perfect, but still believes better days are ahead.

June 05, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Atlanta-based rapper and activist Michael Render, who is known as Killer Mike, speaks alongside Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and police Chief Erika Shields Friday, May 29, 2020.

Black Community Leaders Weigh In On Killer Mike's 'Kill Your Masters' T-Shirt

While Michael "Killer Mike" Render stood next to the mayor and other city officials Friday, May 29, and pleaded for Atlantans to not "burn their own...

June 03, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Atlanta-based rapper and activist Michael Render, who is known as Killer Mike, hosted a press conference Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

Killer Mike Hosts Virtual Conference With Black Grassroots Activists

Rapper Michael Render, better known as Killer Mike, spoke Tuesday about the need for black grassroots activists to have support from their communities....

June 02, 2020
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