Killer Mike is political. It's not just the explicit references to Ronald Reagan or the urging his fans to "kill the police motherfuckers." His presence in the mainstream music world is itself a statement, and a booming one at that. And while the CNN appearances are all well and good, the video for "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)," off of the second Run the Jewels record,
On Friday (Jan. 2), John Huppenthal, the outgoing head of Arizona's Department of Education, published a letter in which he complains that schools in the Tuscon Unified School District were failing to comply with state-approved curriculum...