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Killer Mike and the Return of Politically Charged Rap
The rapper Killer Mike, a.k.a. Michael Render, dropped a six-part interview with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on his YouTube channel this week. Killer Mike is leading a mainstream revival of the political rap artist , according to New Republic’s Bijan Stephen.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe rapper Killer Mike, a.k.a. Michael Render, dropped a six-part interview with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on his YouTube channel this week. Killer Mike is leading a mainstream revival of the political rap artist, according to New Republic’s Bijan Stephen. Madeleine speaks with Stephen about the history of political rap and Killer Mike.
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- 22:45Killer Mike and the Return of Politically Charged RapYou’re reading this
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