Killer Mike Quotes

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary; Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary, You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery.

What I am is an encourager. I encourage all who deserve freedom to fight for that. And if you can't win by yourself, then find other people to be in solidarity with.

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

I'll always push for what I believe in. That's what you're supposed to do. If you're an American, you're supposed to be part of the political process, especially if you've been denied it.

This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

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

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

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

I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.

51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later he's talking about doing something and not talking.

I just need the junkies and the liars and the thieves, I need the pimps, prostitutes and pushers out in the streets. That's where I'm seeking God, cause that's where He found me.

I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.

I'm just seeing as I grow older, and hopefully wiser, that a lot of things I see from a race perspective are class problems too, so I should be advocating for all.

I love art. It really changes my mood and wakes me up.

I would say is that kids know about Bernie Sanders and they're off the radar.In the same way kids knew about Twitter before their parents did.

Will I die slain like my King by a terrorist? Will my woman be Coretta, take my name and cherish it? Or will she Jackie O., drop the Kennedy, remarry it?

Our feelings can be hurt, but you can take a yoga class, you can pray, you can play some basketball - you can figure out things for your hurt feelings.

My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free to do what they want, as long as they don't harm others.

When you talking about funk music you just talking about a collage of a lot of different types of music. They used strings, they had brass, they had vocalist.

I would just encourage everybody to just talk your opinion more, allow other people and fight for other people to [express theirs].

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

My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that's what I've been doing.

I have a 20-year-old son, I have a 12-year-old son and I'm so afraid for them.

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

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

We travel the world, and our right to free speech is precious.

As entertainers, you're afraid [about] loss of income - but if other people start going to jail for free speech, then we've lost this great thing that America is, and I'd like to keep that.

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

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

I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based.

You'll always see me at a political rally and the black strip club; I'm gonna represent smoking weed and supporting Trayvon Martin on my record, because I'm a whole man.

With each new album: I need to kill the last version of me.

My focus is always on the conditions that create social problems, not just a particular person.