When Michael Render — a.k.a. Killer Mike of Run the Jewels — attended an Atlanta City Council meeting last month, he wasn’t interested in performing for the crowd. Instead, he wanted to vent his frustrations. The 47-year-old rapper, like many of the meeting’s attendees, felt like he was being used. …
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2 Chainz and Killer Mike are pushing for the preservation of Black-owned businesses in Atlanta as the recently introduced nuisance ordinance proves to disproportionately impact small businesses – from restaurants to nightclubs – rooted in the city’s culture and community. During a city council meeting on Monday, Killer Mike explained …
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2 Chainz performed two songs for the Vevo Ctrl series, offering intimate renditions of “Bet It Back” and “10 Bracelets.” The videos, directed by Austin Prahl, see the rapper performing solo in a minimalist cube-shaped studio. Both tracks come off the rapper’s latest album, Dope Don’t Sell Itself, which arrived Feb. …
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2 Chainz teamed up with Lil Durk and Sleepy Rose Thursday to perform his track “Lost Kings” on The Late Show. The song, which is off the rapper’s new album Dope Don’t Sell Itself, reflected on the tragic losses of Black Americans like Young Dolph and Breonna Taylor. “And I’m …
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2 Chainz performed a dramatic version of “Forgiven” on Thursday’s Tonight Show, recruiting a string section, children’s choir and the operatic voice of R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius. Throughout the song, the rapper lamented an adolescence in which his “dreams [turned] to nightmares.” “I stayed in the Creek, junkies used to …
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