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[Sidebar: I don’t know if this is a ‘real’ photo or not, but seeing it certainly swayed MY vote. Feel the BERN!!]
Which begs the question, do ‘celebrity’ endorsements really matter?
The Breakfast Club poses with Killer Mike & Bernie Sanders
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Mike has been quite successful in expanding his brand and he is now recognized nationwide as not only a rap artist, but as a civic leader and an activist.
As you know, Killer Mike is also hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter…
[WATCH: Killer Mike Interviews Democratic Nominee Bernie Sanders… (VIDEO)]
Mike jokingly spoke for ‘all Black people’ during his interview but he made a solid point as to why he chose to support Sen. Sanders run, stating:
Dr. King in his last two years of life talked about a ‘poor people’s campaign,’ organizing unions on behalf of poor workers, organizing against a war machine that was perpetuating violence against Vietnam.
Bernie Sanders is the only politician who has consistently (for 50 years) taken that social justice platform into politics. And right now, we have an opportunity to elect someone who is directly out of the philosophy of ‘Kingian’ non-violence.
We can directly elect someone that cares about poor people, cares about women, gay, black rights… cares about lives that don’t look like his and THIS OPPORTUNITY in history is not going to come in another 20 years.
Check out full video of Killer Mike’s interview below… Continue Reading…
Atlanta-based rapper (and personal favorite of mine) Killer Mike, has surpisingly emerged as one of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders most outspoken supporters in the South.
[READ: Killer Mike Delivers Powerful Endorsement Speech for Bernie Sanders… (VIDEO)]
The rapper spoke of his political awakening at a Sanders event last month and he also sat down with the Democratic candidate at the SWAG Shop in Atlanta for an hourlong interview, which was recently releasd.
Mike and Sanders chat about the meaning of democratic socialism, Sanders’ political strategy, gun control, and even address Donald Trump’s racism:
“I played Mexico City yesterday…and I yelled, ‘F*ck Trump!’ and basically 20,000 Mexican citizens repeated it,” Killer Mike told Sanders. “I feel like that in my heart. I’d even tell that to Jesus Christ.”
“How dangerous is it that a man just got beat up at his political rally?” he went on, referencing the Black Lives Matter activist who was beaten at a Trump event last month.
Watch the full interview (broken into six parts) below… Continue Reading…
Rapper Killer Mike, a personal favorite of mine, delivered a powerful speech while introducing Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Atlanta a few days ago (November 23, 2015) and even showed the presidential hopeful around his hometown of Atlanta, where he took him to a few hotspots like BusyBee Cafe and Edgewood. 
In his powerful endorsement speech, Killer Mike referenced his song Untitled, from 2012’s RAP Music, stating: “I don’t trust the church or the government. A Democrat, a Republican. A pope or a bishop or those other men.” He goes on to say…
But after spending five hours with someone who has spent the last 50 years radically fighting for your rights and mine. I can tell you that I am very proud tonight to announce the next president of the United States, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Watch video of Killer Mike’s powerful endorsement speech below… Continue Reading…
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