Y/N: Pitbull and Empire's Jussie Smollett Made a Party Anthem You'll Hate-Love
Weekly-ish, a pre-approved, snap-judged music guide based on our very scientific, non-subjective Yes/No rating system. There’s really no debating this, come on stop.
Run the Jewels on Mike Brown and Ferguson: 'Riots Work'
You know what’s real talk on the eve of the first anniversary of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Darren Wilson: saying that riots make constructive change. Just ask Run the Jewels’ El-P and Killer Mike.
Listen to a Choir of Cats Interpreting a Run the Jewels Song
Run the Jewels, the rap superduo consisting of Killer Mike and El-P, have spent months promising Meow the Jewels, a forthcoming version of their Run the Jewels 2 album as interpreted by cats.
Killer Mike Is Running for Office in Atlanta! Vote Killer Mike!
Killer Mike—rapper, national hero and increasingly prominent voice in the very narrow Venn overlap between pop culture figures and purveyors of political nuance—has announced, via this Instagram, his write-in candidacy for the Georgia House of Representatives, District 55.
Cop vs. Kid: Watch RTJ's Video for 'Close Your Eyes (& Count to Fuck)'
Run the Jewels just released a chilling political allegory of a video for their standout track "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)," which features Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha on the hook and the last verse. Shot in black and white, the video is black versus white: a cop and a kid, fighting and…
A Conversation with Run the Jewels About Weed, Food, and Friendship
Trotting through a pack of struggle teens on my way to interview Killer Mike and El-P at Stubb's in Austin, I checked my purse to make sure I had the weed. Festival press is so un-chill—everyone's hungover or fucked-up and it's more inconvenience and repetition in a day already stuffed with both—and it was raining…
Watch Run The Jewels Ask Children About a Woman President, Their Moms
Run the Jewels have had an excellent year: the powerhouse rap/production duo of Killer Mike and El-P dropped Run the Jewels 2 in October and it topped many a critic's best of 2014 list. They also appeared on Letterman, dropped a trippy video, and gave salient dating advice to teenagers.
Here's Run the Jewels' Woozy Video for 'Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)'
The way Killer Mike and El-P play off each other is one of the seven wonders of today's hip-hop world, and the duo is as sharp, funny, heavy and electric as ever in their new trippy video for RTJ2 standout single "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)." It's as NSFW as the lyrics—those naked, neon-lit female dancers look great…
Rappers And Cats: A Complete History
Meow the Jewels is a real thing. What started as a joke—with Run the Jewels, the acerbically bombastic rap duo of EL-P and Killer Mike, offering to re-record their fantastic new sophomore album, Run the Jewels 2, with "nothing but cat sounds for music" if someone gave them $40,000—has bloomed into a Rap Internet…
Yes or No, Vol. 3: Meghan Trainor, JMSN & Run the Jewels
Weekly-ish, a pre-approved, snap-judged music guide based on our very scientific, non-subjective Yes/No rating system. There's really no debating this, come on, stop.
