Killer Mike

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

— Killer Mike

The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system

— Killer Mike

I like making mini-movies rather than just three-minute, place-the-champagne-here-for-sponsorship videos.

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I was raised a black child in the South, where you're indoctrinated into a religion that an oppressor gave you.

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I don't understand how any black person can tell me that they're not pro-gun.

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The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don't mean in a punk rock way.

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I shouldn't have to be preparing my children that the world is going to be unfair to them for the rest of…

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As an artist, that's our job - to be with you in times of celebration and when the world is kicking your…

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My biggest failure was trying to start and run a music label. The music industry was dying, and I wasn't ready to…

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God really exists, I tell you like this: It resides inside. And anybody tell you different, Just selling you religion, Tryin' to…

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I'm not one of those artists who doubts that they made dope-ass records. From the first record to now, each record has…

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I would challenge more hip hop artists that are rapping about what it's like to be real and the social ills that…

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My hair is dry. A lot of shampoos and greasers don't work with me, and so I started playing around with a…

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Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have…

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I used to have go-karts and mopeds and motorcycles when I was a kid. Then my grandpa let me drive a real…

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I don't know what the hell the future brings. If I did, I would play the lotto and win the mega millions…

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I don't accept 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.…

— Killer Mike

We have a responsibility to do better as black people in this country. I don't care how white people look at you…

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I think the way the country has changed in part because of the presidency of Barack Obama, I think in part because…

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I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing…

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I've made classic records, and going into making 'R.A.P. Music,' I was determined to top the entire legacy of the 'Pledge' series,…

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I don't let people talk bad about Rick Ross around me. Like, you can't do it. He owns - I've heard a…

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I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based. My grandmother died on February 29th, and she kept all of my…

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I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night.…

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All of us, as citizens, need to kind of get over our classisms and vote for the betterment of us all.

— Killer Mike

Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics.

— Killer Mike

This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.

— Killer Mike

I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.

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The fact that I'm in a group that inspires others artists is just heaven to me.

— Killer Mike

I've been a music fan all my life, and you know the difference when the musicians care.

— Killer Mike

For all my proclivities for thuggery, I am a typical middle-class dad. I'm a gangsta rap suburban father!

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I have hurt my community. I have to look myself in the mirror and know that, and I have to own that…

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My mom had did a wonderful job of giving me two great dads: I had a biological and non-biological dad.

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Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

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I cannot lie: as good as it feels to get my deserved props, the best part of reading social media after I…

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This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is…

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Atlanta is unique to me. You got poor black people, but I also saw this: I saw black doctors, lawyers, educators. All…

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Jake 'The Snake' Roberts of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was the darkest! I mean, he could've been a movie villain, he was so…

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I'm just seeing as I grow older, and hopefully wiser, that a lot of things I see from a race perspective are…

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Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin saved my life. That's how I view them giving me a record deal, with nothing but love…

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