Interview w/ Run The Jewels by Spin About “Tragedy in Ferguson and Racist Idiots”

I love reading and watching interviews with these two fellas. Besides the humorous aspects of it, they are always extremely real. Head over to Spin to read the full interview, and check out a couple of my favorite lines from it below.

El, how was your day yesterday watching Mike on CNN?
El-P: Well, I don’t have cable because years ago I decided that my only chance at sanity was to not let the world penetrate my brain at that rate. I had to watch it and catch up at the end of the day, and I spent about basically two hours just watching my friend bring truth to those who don’t want to hear it. It was a beautiful thing. I’m immensely proud, glad, and thankful that Mike’s voice is able to get out there because I can’t think of a better person to express what he expressed. Also, I’m terrified and disgusted by some of the reactions.

Killer Mike: If we didn’t have these types of conversations off-camera for years, I probably would’ve went up there either babbling like a fool or talking like an insane angry man.

El-P: The debate in this country is so fucking skewed, it’s never about what is actually happening. It’s all about impressions. Even the murder — “Hey, maybe the kid deserved it!” That whole subtle bullshit, “Maybe the kid deserved to be killed, maybe he wasn’t a good kid.” The fact that that’s even being suggested is some of the most appalling shit on the planet. It’s like, “Thank you so much for that relevant video clip of a kid in a store being an asshole, because we all know, here in America, that shoplifting a cigar is punishable by firing squad.” I’m also very weirded out that they had to go to Killer Mike!

Killer Mike: We’re just rappers!

El-P: Yeah! You got to us! We’re not even at the top of the fucking pile of rappers.

Killer Mike: But we are the best rap group in the world.

El-P: Well, yeah.

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