Killer Mike

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Yesterday, images of a Run The Jewels 2 studio sessions involving Rage Against The Machine front man, Zack de la Rocha, and Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, surfaced and built anticipation on the follow up from El-P and Killer Mike. According to Killer Mike, the session was unplanned and was actually a scheduling error ...

Producer El-P and rapper Killer Mike dropped one of the best projects of 2013 with their collaborative effort Run The Jewels. The two have been working on a follow up and it looks like a few major players are getting involved. Based on multiple Instagram feeds, Rage Against The Machine frontman, Zack de la Rocha, and Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, are going to be featured on the project... Read

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Killer Mike is currently working on the follow-up to Run The Jewels with El-P, but he’s also making sure his solo career is strong as well. Off The Boondocks mixtape, the Atlanta rapper teams up with producer Alchemist for “The Boonies.” Check out...

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