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Zohran Mamdani’s social media hot streak continues, as his latest viral post sees the Democratic Party’s candidate for the New York City mayoral election link up with Staten Island icons the Wu-Tang Clan.

In a tweet posted to X on Thursday, Mamdani is seen attending a recent Wu-Tang gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden as the guest of former congressman Jamaal Bowman. In the clip, Mamdani is seen mingling with rather shocked concertgoers. He also meets with various members of Wu-Tang, including Inspectah Deck and U-God, as well as Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-p and The Lox’s Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss. A clearly star-struck Mamdani, a former rapper himself, also has a lengthy conversation about the cost of living crisis with Wu-Tang’s de facto leader, RZA.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, recently received a call from Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-n.Y.) with an invite to Wu-Tang Clan’s purported final Madison Square Garden show.

The call was recorded for a campaign video for Mamdani, and plays over clips of the New York assemblyman greeting Wu-Tang fans and supporters in the crowd and meeting rap luminaries backstage, from members of the group to Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-p to Jadakiss. “No one has the pulse of our communities in a way hip-hop always has,...

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (aka Pigs x7) have announced a 2025 North American tour in support of the UK band’s forthcoming album Death Hilarious, out April 4th.

The tour will be split into two separate legs. The first runs through June, kicking off on the 18th at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and concluding on the 29th in Boston. The second leg is in August, launching on the 14th in Santa Ana, California, and wrapping up on the 27th in Austin.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (March 20th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Funky. General ticket sales start Friday (March 21st) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Along with the tour announcement, Pigs x7 also offered up a new single from their Death Hilarious. The track “Glib Tongued” features rapper El-p from Run the Jewels.

Believe it or not, Run the Jewel’s self-titled sophomore effort — Run the Jewels 2 — just turned 10 years old. Highly acclaimed upon its release, the album has remained one of the most celebrated hip-hop albums of the 2010s, ultimately solidifying Killer Mike and El-p as creative forces to be reckoned with. For any rap fans out there, it’s a must-have on vinyl.

Well, luckily for you, we’ve partnered with Seeker Music and music is fun to give away three (3) limited-edition 10th anniversary copies of Run the Jewels 2. Boasting a custom, swappable cover sleeve and the long-awaited bonus track “Blockbuster Night, Pt. 2,” Rtj fans new and old should be pumped about the new celebratory package.

But that’s not all! Not only are we giving away a Run the Jewels 2 LP, but we’re throwing in limited-edition cassettes of Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2, and Run the Jewels 3 to...

Killer Mike has dropped a new song, “Detonator.” The hard-hitting track, produced by the rapper’s Run the Jewels collaborator El-p and featuring Rock D The Legend, was written was forthcoming video game Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6.

On the song, Killer Mike raps about the “money and power” in America, acknowledging, “The empire, we are led by them liars/ Wake the fuck up right now, ‘cuz times is getting dire.” A black and white music video for “Detonator” showcases Washington, D.C., as well as iconography from the game itself.

It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show emanated from the Ppl Center in Allentown, Pa; and featured Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness and Ian Riccaboni on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…

Match #1: Orange Cassidy def. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

Orange flipped Truth with a wrist lock. Turbo tagged in and attempted an elbow drop but Orange rolled out of the way. Orange dropkicked the Outrunners. Truth slugged Orange but Orange absorbed it. Orange hammered away at Truth. Orange shoved Turbo into Truth. Orange wiped out Truth with a tope suicida. Orange connected with a crossbody from the top onto Turbo. Orange spiked Truth with a spinning Ddt! Orange pulped Turbo with the Orange Punch! Orange cracked Truth with an Orange Punch and...

††† (Crosses) — the duo of Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — recruited Run the Jewels rapper El-p for the track “Big Youth” on their 2023 album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. Now they’ve teamed up for the song’s music video.

The clip arrives a day after Crosses launched their North American tour. Moreno and Lopez are set to play Denver on Friday (February 9th), with the outing running through March 11th in Seattle. You can get tickets via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The Rizz-edited video for “Big Youth” is an all-business performance clip that should give fans a glimpse into the duo’s stage show. Strobes and campy video effects overlay Lopez, who’s hunched over his gear as he provides the backbeat and synths, while Moreno paces back and forth while he physically wears the angst in his voice.

Updated, 10:44 Pm: The 66th Grammys are over, Jay-Z threw down, Taylor Swift made more history, Joni Mitchell and Celine Dion showed a rainy Los Angeles that Canadians know how to bring the heat, and triple Grammy winner Killer Mike is out of LAPD custody after being booked on a misdemeanor battery charge.

About five hours after he was publicly detained and arrested by Los Angeles police Sunday just after he won three Grammys in the pre-show earlier in the afternoon, the activist-entrepreneur-rapper has been released.

The suspect has been identified as 48-year-old Michael Render and booked for Misdemeanor Battery 243(A) PC, and is in the process of being released.

— LAPD Pio (@Lapdpio) February 5, 2024

The battery charge comes with either a potential fine up to $2,000, six months behind bars or both, under California’s penal code.

Related: Grammy Awards Viewers Question If Taylor Swift Snubbed Celine Dion After Album Of...

††† (Crosses) — the band comprised of singer Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — have announced a 2024 North American tour. It comes in support of the duo’s first full-length album in nine years, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., which is out today.

The “Familiar World Tour” kicks off February 7th in Salt Lake City, Utah, and runs through a March 11th show in Seattle. Pick up tickets via Ticketmaster or StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The 2024 run will follow an upcoming series of sold-out Fall 2023 shows in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and San Francisco, as well as a November 18th appearance at the Darker Waves festival in Huntington Beach, California.

The highly anticipated LP is a culmination of the duo’s studio work together following a split with original group member Chuck Doom. A deal with Warner Records was announced in...

Killer Mike enlisted Robert Glasper and Eryn Allen Kane for his Tonight Show performance of the poignant “Motherless,” off his 2023 album Michael.

The rendition was dedicated to Druzella Denise Clonts a.k.a. Og Mama Niecy and Kim Yvette Glasper, the late mothers of Killer Mike and Glasper, with the Tonight Show stage set up like the trio was performing at a memorial.

“When I tell the story of my mother the tales told include one when I walked in on her attempting to take her own life it gets...

Armand Hammer are back with “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” the third and final look at their upcoming album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips. Check out the El-p-produced track below.

Elucid and billy woods and name drop figures from Henry Kissinger to Harry Belafonte to Beyoncé in the single, which features rolling, mechanical percussion and a repetitive bass line. In terms of energy, the track sits somewhere in between heated first single “Trauma Mic” and the experimental “Woke Up and Asked Siri How I’m Gonna Die.”

“woods and Elucid have something special going and I am happy we got together on this jam,” El-p said of “The Gods Must Be Crazy.” “I think we made a banger.”

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips is out this Friday, September 29th, via Fat Possum Records, and pre-orders are ongoing. In October, the duo will embark on a North American/European tour.

††† (Crosses), the duo featuring Deftones singer Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, have released two new songs — “Light as a Feather” and “Ghost Ride” — from their upcoming studio album, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., arriving on October 13th.

The two-track bundle follows the release of “Invisible Hand” in August. The duo recently announced some rare live dates taking place in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, all of which are sold out. However, fans can check for tickets via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

While the two new tracks don’t feature any guests, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. boasts contributions from The Cure’s Robert Smith and rapper El-p.

Crosses got their start in 2011 and released their self-titled debut album three years later. The group surprised fans in 2021 by releasing their first piece of music in seven years...

Killer Mike has announced Michael Deluxe, a deluxe edition of the solo album he shared back in June. The new release will arrive next Friday, September 15th, and Mike is celebrating the announcement by sharing a bonus track called “Maynard Vignette” featuring T.I., Jid, and Jacquees.

Along with the original tracklist that comprises Michael, Michael Deluxe will feature four new bonus tracks: “Maynard Vignette” along with “Yes,” “Get Some Money,” and “Act Up.” A press release describes is as something like a “director’s cut,” expanding beyond the more concise version Mike had whittled down for the initial release. Additionally, fans can finally get their hands on the music in physical formats, with the long-awaited vinyl and CD versions of the album available to pre-order now.

“Maynard Vignette” spotlights Mike’s mellower side, backed by a sleek, piano-embellished instrumental and toned-down tempo. He, Jid, and T.I. take turns on the verses,...

††† (Crosses) — the band featuring singer Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — have announced their first full-length album in nine years. The LP, titled Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., arrives October 13th, and features this just-released single “Invisible Hand.”

The album features two prominent guests: rapper El-p on the song “Big Youth” and The Cure’s Robert Smith on the tune “Girls Float † Boys Cry.”

“When we started working on Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., there was so much more light coming in my life, for numerous reasons,” said Moreno in a press release. “There’s a lot more optimism. Even the darker themes are more romanticized and not coming from a place of despair.”

While Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. marks the proper full-length follow-up to Crosses’ self-titled 2014 debut album, the band has been active the past couple years, releasing a number of singles,...

††† (Crosses) will unveil their long-awaited second album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., on Oct. 13 via Warner Records. The group, Deftones’ Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, have previewed the LP, which will feature collaborations with El-p and Robert Smith, with single “Invisible Hand.”

“When we started working on Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., there was so much more light coming in my life, for numerous reasons,” Moreno said in a statement. “There’s a lot more optimism. Even the darker themes are more romanticized and...

Welcome to this review of All Elite Wrestling’s most eagerly-awaited pay-per-views. Forbidden Door 2 builds on the tremendous original PPV from last June and is riding the coattails of some fantastic teaser matches between Aew and New Japan talent we’ve had on Aew television in recent weeks. We’ve got Taz, Excalibur and the English voice of Njpw, Kevin Kelly on commentary so let’s get into it.

Zero Hour Match #1: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) def. El Desperado & Chaos The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

The Gates of Agony double teamed Chuckie T. Trent grabbed a tag and took Toa off his feet with a big body press off the top turnbuckle. Rocky connected with a tope to Brian Cage. Chuck Taylor went over the top and wiped out the Gates of Agony. Trent dropped Toa with his own aerial assault.

In the Aughts, Killer Mike was a fiery maelstrom, the South’s answer to Ice Cube, and an Atlanta polemicist comfortable with both dope-boy fantasies and bruising Black politics. But it’s been eleven years since R.A.P. Music, a classic pairing with rapper/producer El-p that inspired the two to form the world-conquering duo Run the Jewels. On his sixth album, Michael, the rapper focuses on his personal life, particularly his late mother and grandmother, with uncharacteristic empathy and restraint, even as he continues to utilize his uniquely brusque vocal style.

Killer Mike is gearing up to release his new album, Michael, this Friday, and he’s shared a collaboration with fellow Atlanta rappers André 3000 and Future called “Scientists & Engineers” as a final preview. Stream it below.

Also featuring a contribution from R&b singer Eryn Allen Kane, the “Scientists & Engineers” instrumental contains futuristic synths that contrast with the soulful backing vocals about living forever as all three rappers spit introspective verses. Whereas André hopes he’ll get a “second wind” at 80 and Future talks about turning “a trap house to a ranch,” Mike closes out the track by promising to keep it “a hundred percentage authentic.” He adds, “I got no gimmicks, so I ain’t protectin’ no image.”

Along with “Scientists & Engineers,” Mike shared the full list of features for the album, which includes Ty Dolla $ign, Curren$y, 2 Chainz, 6Lack, Kaash Paige, CeeLo Green, Jagged Edge, Mozzy,...

Killer Mike is sharing one more song from his upcoming solo album ahead of its release later this week, dropping the star-studded “Scientists and Engineers,” featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane.

“Scientists and Engineers” is an intricately crafted, multi-faceted track: Future’s hazy vocals share space with Kane’s choral crooning; hypnotic synths give way to soulful guitars; and André 3000 and Killer Mike spit circles around each other.

Along with dropping “Scientists and Engineers,” Killer Mike has finally shared the full track list, features, and producer credits for Michael,...

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

New Music Friday – May 12th, 2023

Jonas Brothers – “Miracle”, The Album (Album)

Shakira – “ACRÓSTICO”

BTS – “The Planet”

Dolly Parton – “World On Fire”

Janelle Monáe – “Lipstick Lover”

Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Stuck”

Scott Helman – “back together”

Pretenders – “Let the Sun Come In”

beabadoobee – “Glue Song (Dirty Hit)”

Victoria Anthony – “New Disaster”

Queens of the Stone Age – “Emotion Sickness”

New Music Videos:

Lana Del Rey – “Candy Necklace”

Steakhouse – “National”

Killer Mike – “Don’t Let The Devil” ft. El-p, thankugoodsir / “Motherless” ft. Eryn Allen Kane

Other noteworthy artists with releases this week include Armnhmr & Lights – “Someone To Forget”, Ernest – “Takes After You”, LØLØ -“omg” , Remi Wolf “Prescription”, Preston Pablo “For Keeps”, Pentatonix – “Creep”.

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Kesha – Gag Order (Album)

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Just in time for Mother’s Day, Killer Mike is paying homage to the “bad ass black girl” that was his mother in his two new videos for “Don’t Let the Devil” and “Motherless.” The visuals arrive Thursday as he teases his upcoming self-titled album, Michael, out June 16.

The video for “Don’t Let the Devil” sees the rapper looking through a box of photos in what seems to be his mom’s old home in Atlanta. While searching through the box, he finds a joint that, once he lights it up,...

Killer Mike has shared the artwork and tracklist for his previously announced solo album, Michael, and shared the latest preview, “Motherless,” featuring R&b singer Eryn Allen Kane. To accompany the single, the Atlanta rapper shared a two-part short film tribute to his late mother featuring the music video for the recently released “Don’t Let the Devil” and “Motherless” visual.

Marking Killer Mike’s first solo effort in more than a decade, Michael contains every track he’s released over the past year, including the Young Thug-assisted “Run,” “Talkin Dat Shit!,” and the previously mentioned “Don’t Let the Devil” featuring fellow Run the Jewels member El-p and thankugoodsir. In a previous statement, the album was described as Killer Mike’s “most autobiographical” to date.

To that end, the Davi Peña-directed “Don’t Let the Devil” video is an homage to the “bohemian-artsy-disco infused parties” that Killer...

In celebration of his birthday, Killer Mike has announced his new album, Michael, which marks the Run the Jewels member’s first solo effort in more than a decade. The project is out on June 16th, and includes the first preview “Don’t Let the Devil,” featuring his Rtj partner El-p and thankugoodsir.

“Rtj is the X-Men, this is my Logan,” the Atlanta rapper said, in reference to Hugh Jackman’s 2017 masterpiece. Michael is further described as Mike’s “most autobiographical and independent album to date.”

Like Killer Mike’s last solo LP R.A.P. Music, “Don’t Let the Devil” was produced by El-p, who called upon Chicago luminary No I.D. and frequent Rtj collaborator Little Shalimar for assistance. Over a soulful beat, Mike spits an opening verse with lines like, “The jewels runners, the product of many cruel summers/ And the description was fittin’, they say it’s two gunners,...

Killer Mike is celebrating 4/20 (his birthday) with a new song, “Don’t Let the Devil,” which coincidentally also contains the lyric, “In the name of Jesus, the reefer, I serve a purpose/I got higher than the skies and fly off the Earth’s surface.” The track, which features his Run the Jewels counterpart El-p and Thankugoodsir, heralds the coming of Mike’s first new solo album in more than a decade, Michael, which comes out June 16.

“[Run the Jewels] is the X-Men, this is my Logan,” Mike said in a statement...

Run the Jewels have announced a 10th anniversary tour in celebration of their self-titled debut taking place in Fall 2023.

“Rtjx – Celebrating 10 Years of Run The Jewels” will feature four shows each in New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles, during which El-p and Killer Mike will perform a different, career-spanning set each night. See the full itinerary below.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31st at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning on Wednesday, March 29th (use access code Opener).

Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Last April, Killer Mike teased in an interview with Consequence that he and El-p “may have messed around and started Run the Jewels 5.” Since then,...

Lola Mitchell — better known as the pioneering Southern female rapper Gangsta Boo who was a member of Three 6 Mafia — has died at age 43, Fox 13 in Memphis reports, with her rep confirming the rapper’s death to Wreg 3 Memphis. According to Fox 13, she was found dead on Sunday afternoon.

DJ Paul, who founded Three 6 Mafia alongside Juicy J, shared a photo of Mitchell on social media on Sunday, in an apparent tribute. “Man we was jus together three weeks ago,” Lil Jon wrote in response to DJ Paul’s Instagram post.

Tame One, the celebrated rapper known for his work in the early Nineties as half of the New Jersey hip-hop duo the Artifacts, has died. The rapper, born Rahem Brown, was 52.

Brown’s mother, Darlene Brown Harris, confirmed her son’s death on Facebook Sunday night, Nov. 6. “I can’t express this any other way,” she wrote. “My son, Rahem Brown, Tamer Dizzle Is Dead. The medical examiner says the six pharmaceutical drugs that Trinitas hospital prescribed to him last Friday, combined with the weed he smoked over this weekend…...

Killer Mike is “Talk’n That Shit!” on the rapper’s second single since reigniting his solo career after a decade with Run the Jewels.

After leading a battalion on the battlefield against an army of Nazis, secessionists, and confederates earlier this year in the video for “Run” — his first solo single in 10 years — Killer Mike returns to his native Atlanta to showcase his role as a community leader and advocate.

“The song is self-explanatory,” Killer Mike said in a statement. “With the video, I wanted to show the freedom...

Atlanta post-punk outfit Algiers have acquired a rare verse from Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha for their new song, “Irreversible Damage.”

“Irreversible Damage” is a blistering and relentless cut, built around ceaseless percussion, uneasy synths, and what even sounds like a drawn out version of an amber alert phone alarm. De la Rocha cuts through this chaos with some characteristically steely bars, spitting, “This a relapse / what it be god / No rehab for my jihad / A rapture in a grief storm / Time on my neck and it be gone.

Run the Jewels stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their song “Ooh La La.” Appearing as part of the West Coast late-night show’s New York City taping, the duo, El-p and Killer Mike, tapped DJ Premier and Greg Nice for a hard-hitting rendition of the song.

“Ooh La La” comes off the rap group’s most recent LP, RTJ4. Alongside Nice and DJ Premier, the album features collaborations with 2 Chainz, Pharrell Williams, Mavis Staples, Zack de la Rocha, and Josh Homme, who also co-produced his track “Pulling the Pin.

Rage Against the Machine announced Thursday that they must cancel the upcoming European dates of their reunion tour due to Zack de la Rocha’s leg injury.

The singer suffered the injury on just the second show of the band’s pandemic-postponed reunion trek, and while he persevered through the pain by remaining seated for all subsequent shows on the Guy Fieri-attended first U.S. leg — which concludes Aug. 14 at New York’s Madison Square Garden — the band said the European shows in Aug. and Sept. were off “per medical guidance.

Run the Jewels appeared on The Late Show to showcase their track “A Few Words for the Firing Squad.” The duo, El-p and Killer Mike, offered a hard-hitting rendition of the 2020 song, which sees the pair reflecting on their value as artists.

“A Few Words for the Firing Squad” comes off the rap group’s most recent LP, RTJ4. The album featured collaborations with Greg Nice, DJ Premier, 2 Chainz, Pharrell Williams, Mavis Staples, Zack de la Rocha, and Josh Homme, who also co-produced his track “Pulling the Pin.”

Earlier this month,...

Black Thought and Danger Mouse have enlisted two other hip-hop heavyweights, Aap Rocky and Run the Jewels for their new song, “Strangers.” The track will appear on Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s upcoming collaborative album, Cheat Codes, out this Friday, Aug. 12 via BMG.

With a Danger Mouse beat packed with dusty, clattering drums and the relentless thrumming of some uncanny synth or sample, “Strangers” boasts the perfect raw palette for Black Thought, Rocky, and Run the Jewels’ El-p and Killer Mike. In a statement, Run the Jewels said, “We...

Killer Mike is celebrating Independence Day with his first solo music in nearly a decade as the Run the Jewels rapper has dropped the new single “Run,” featuring Young Thug.

In addition to the No I.D.-produced track, Killer Mike also shared its video, which boasts an introductory monologue by Dave Chappelle.

Both the song and the video reframe key moments in black history and the fight for freedom, with the visual literally finding Killer Mike on the battlefield leading a battalion of Black and allied people against an army of Nazis,...

In the pantheon of famous internet cats, few stand as tall as Lil Bub. The perma-kitten with saucer-sized eyes and a tongue perpetually flopping from her mouth became a social media star in the 2010s, and she remains a cherished favorite two years after her death in 2019 at age eight.

Now, a new limited-edition coffee table book, Lil Bub: The Earth Years, will celebrate Bub’s legacy and impact. Bub’s owner, Mike Bridavsky, compiled the book, which will boast photos and biographical commentary alongside quotes from Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Black,...

MF Doom, the mysterious rapper known for impossibly intricate rhyme schemes and his signature mask, has died at the age of 49. The news was first posted by his wife, Jasmine, on the rapper’s Instagram page. Richie Abbott, MF Doom’s rep, confirmed the rapper’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Abbott confirmed that the rapper, whose real name was Daniel Dumile, died on October 31st of this year, but his family did not disclose news of his death until Thursday evening.

“The greatest husband,...

Run the Jewels have released a new music video for “Walking in the Snow,” directed by Chris Hopewell; it’s the third music video the rap duo has released in support of RTJ4.

The video turns Killer Mike and El-p into stop-motion action figures leading a rebellion against an authoritarian regime headed by an evil ice king. “Walking in the Snow” follows videos for RJT4 tracks “Ooh La La” and “Out of Sight,” the latter of which featured 2 Chainz. This isn’t the duo’s first stop-motion-style music video; Hopewell...

Run The Jewels is back at it with another collaboration. The hip-hop duo of El-p and Killer Mike have been masterful at finding creative ways to cross promote their music in the pop culture space, from having Rick and Morty star in their video for “Oh Mama” to spitting bars for the soundtrack to one of the year’s most anticipated video games, Cyberpunk 2077.

To celebrate the Rtj x Cyberpunk 2077 mashup, the duo released a new merch line and they’ve tasked us with giving away a bundle of swag. The prize pack includes a Rtj x Cyberpunk 2077 hoodie, t-shirt, mug, and a signed 2Lp vinyl record of RTJ4.

To enter for a chance to win this Run the Jewels x Cyberpunk 2077 swag box:

– Follow Den of Geek on Instagram

– Comment on our Run the Jewels x Cyberpunk 2077 giveaway post

That’s it! Entries will be accepted until December 1. One...

Run the Jewels premiered their futuristic video for “No Save Point,” their contribution to the video game Cyberpunk 2077, during the Adult Swim Festival Friday.

For the visual, El-p and Killer Mike deliver their new song from the dystopian neon world presented in the much-anticipated video game, with many of Cyberpunk 2077’s characters along for the ride.

Prior to the video’s premiere, the duo discussed their participation in the video game as well as the future of hip-hop.

“I grew up on all of those sorta dystopian, sci-fi, cyberpunk films,...

Months after Run the Jewels released their latest album LP RTJ4, the duo are back with “No Save Point,” their contribution to the much-anticipated video game Cyberpunk 2077.

El-p and Killer Mike’s involvement in the game’s soundtrack was first revealed in December 2019, when Killer Mike said, “Even in the dystopian future hard rap lives on. We wanna provide you with the soundtrack to fucking shit up.”

So, what does Night City sound like?@runjewels @Refused @Grimezsz @asvpxrocky @gazelletwin @IlanRubin @RichardDevine @NinaKraviz @DeadlyHunta @Ratboy @Tinaguo#TheGameAwards #Cyberpunk2077 pic.twitter.com...

Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-p performed their new album, RTJ4, in its entirety on Adult Swim on Saturday in an effort to encourage voting in the November election.

The powerful commercial-free event, dubbed Holy Calamavote, marked the first live performance of RTJ4, which dropped in June. The televised set featured pre-recorded appearances by Pharrell Williams, 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha, Mavis Staples and Josh Homme, all of whom appear as guests on the album.

Comedian Eric Andre hosted the 45-minute broadcast, providing comic relief between the 11 songs performed.

The hip-hop duo kept it strictly to music during the majority of the program, but broke ...

Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-p performed their new album, RTJ4, in its entirety on Adult Swim on Saturday in an effort to encourage voting in the November election.

The powerful commercial-free event, dubbed Holy Calamavote, marked the first live performance of RTJ4, which dropped in June. The televised set featured pre-recorded appearances by Pharrell Williams, 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha, Mavis Staples and Josh Homme, all of whom appear as guests on the album.

Comedian Eric Andre hosted the 45-minute broadcast, providing comic relief between the 11 songs performed.

The hip-hop duo kept it strictly to music during the majority of the program, but broke ...

Run the Jewels performed their latest album RTJ4 in its entirety for the first time for the “Holy Calamavote,” Adult Swim and Ben & Jerry’s livestream that encouraged fans to register to vote as well as support the ACLU.

During the livestream, Killer Mike and El-p were joined virtually by many of RTJ4’s guests: On “Ju$t,” both Pharrell Williams and Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha appeared via video for their respective verses, while Mavis Staples and Josh Homme showed up like apparitions on “Pulling the Pin.

This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of Rolling Stone’s newly updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Prince’s Purple Rain topped El-p’s personal ballot and landed at number eight on the overall list. Here, the Run the Jewels rapper reflects on how the album changed him as both an artist and as a person. (Go here to read the complete list of 500 Greatest Albums voters and learn more about how the current ranking was assembled.)

Purple Rain contains the DNA of everything I needed to understand about music.

Run the Jewels will perform their latest album, RTJ4, in its entirety on Adult Swim, October 10th at midnight Et/Pt to encourage voter registration and turnout in the 2020 elections.

The show is dubbed Holy Calamavote — after the RTJ4 track “Holy Calamafuck” — and will air commercial-free on the Adult Swim channel, as well as on the network’s website and YouTube page (the video will remain up on YouTube after the performance as well).

Ben & Jerry’s is co-sponsoring the event and helping out with voter registration efforts. During the livestream,...

Adult Swim and Ben & Jerry’s have teamed up for Adult Swim’s first broadcast musical performance, all in celebration of National Voter Registration Day.

Grammy-nominated hip-hop group Run The Jewels will be the attraction. The event will air Saturday, October 10 at Midnight Et/Pt on Adult Swim, all with the goal of encouraging fans to vote in the upcoming election.

“Holy Calamavote” will see Run The Jewels perform the entirety of RTJ4, their new album. The show will be presented commercial-free.

“We’re proud to be a part of this initiative to encourage and enable voting and can’t wait to finally perform our album RTJ4. This will be fun,” said a statement from Killer Mike and El-p of Run The Jewels.

“Adult Swim is honored to be a part of this cultural moment and to partner with Run The Jewels and Ben & Jerry’s to present the first...

A drunk and stoned group of young dudes don’t make for the stealthiest cat-burgling team, but they’re definitely fun to watch. In the new video for Run the Jewels’ “Out of Sight,” four friends traipse through a palatial estate, while dodging laser beams and trying not to trip over their own feet. They eventually find what they’re looking for: a set of golden gloves — just like the ones pictured on the RTJ4 album cover — and a case of glowing jewels that trigger a psychedelic experience when eaten.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Run the Jewels have teamed up for a bruising new song, “Forever.”

Barker produced the track which is, of course, anchored by his thundering drums, over which he drops a mix of grinding synths and an ominous organ groan. The beat’s a perfect fit for Run the Jewels, as El-p and Killer Mike toss out snarling bars like “Rap’s Rasputin, I’m pulling pumps on pompous ass preachers and shooting” and “A champ in the land of the stupid/The kind that take...

Run the Jewels’ masterful, furious new album, RTJ4, instantly became one of the most acclaimed releases of the year, and its themes couldn’t be more timely. The new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast features Jamil Smith’s revealing, wide-ranging conversation with the duo’s Killer Mike about everything from confronting the racism of American policing as the son of a cop to the spirituality embedded in Run the Jewels’ music to the nature of Killer Mike and El-p’s partnership to his fervent support for Bernie Sanders.

It starts with a fake TV-show intro, a shootout, a getaway, and a couple of outlaws hitting the road like they were the Thelma and Louise of hardcore agit-pop rap. It goes out not with a bang, but with grown men laying their souls bare while flipping the bird to a firing squad. During the 37 minutes that separates those moments on Run the Jewels’ RTJ4, you get a lot of what you’d expect from the dynamic duo of El-p and Killer Mike: sci-fi dystopias bumping up against socially conscious fuck you–itude,...