A biography for Killer Mikehasn’t been written yet.
“Martin Luther King, Jr. was a revolutionary, simple and plain.”
“An army took on the Union; an army lost. That nation, the Confederate States, lost. And if - that flag - in terms of publicly or state-sponsored things, or local or county or city-sponsored things - should be forever wiped from the memory, because that side lost.”
“I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.”
“I've been a music fan all my life, and you know the difference when the musicians care.”
“I'm happy to be for people what Scarface, Ice Cube, and Rakim have been for me.”
“The best advice that I've gotten from Nas is honestly to just be me and to keep staying true to myself. It took me a long time to figure out how to pop, but then, when you get famous, people are kind of like, 'Oh, well, we don't want as much of you.'”
“I like the New York style of funk, the California style of funk, but the South I never felt like - and Atlanta particularly - got the credit for taking their lessons and progressing on it.”
“We need more Rocafellas; we need more Bad Boys.”
“If you don't like the NRA, get a million black people to join. Go to the convention. Realize that this ain't white people in hoods, just regular working class people like you that are probably going to be friendly and engage you. And then add your thoughts to the agenda.”
“I'm a man's man.”
“I don't know what the hell the future brings. If I did, I would play the lotto and win the mega millions and buy toy cars, real muscle cars, sneakers, and art.”
“I grew up working class in Atlanta.”
“Being a cop must be hard. My dad was one and never wanted any of his children to follow in his footsteps.”
“I write in the booth and memorize in rehearsals.”
“It's a totally different spiel when I talk at Morehouse. But when I'm talking at MIT? At the University of Cincinnati? I'm telling white people, in order to stop systemic racism, you must first befriend, become a colleague of, get to know intimately, put yourself culturally in the framework of someone who doesn't look like you.”
“We should be led by principles and morals and not by men.”
“I am Michael Render - that's what my mom named me. 'Killer Mike' is what my dumb friends called me in a rap battle once, and it stuck.”
“I'm an alpha male.”
“This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.”
“I think all politics is local.”