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Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike is going to speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about race relations in the US.
On April 24, Killer Mike will take part in the university’s ‘Hip Hop Speaker’ series to, as the press release reads, “speak about race relations in the US… and addresses how current and future technologies impact race relation issues.”
He will touch upon topics including Ferguson, the SAE incident in Oklahoma, white privilege and black empowerment.
Run The Jewels recently released their video for 'Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)', which focused on the issue of police brutality.
Speaking about the video, director AG Rojas said: "When Run The Jewels sent me this track, I knew we had the opportunity to create a film that means something. I felt a sense of responsibility to do just that. We had to exploit the lyrics and aggression and emotion of the track, and translate that into a film that would ignite a valuable and productive conversation about racially motivated violence in this country. It's provocative, and we all knew this, so we were tasked with making something that expressed the intensity of senseless violence without eclipsing our humanity."
Watch Run The Jewels' Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)':
You can watch Gigwise’s video interview with the duo, in which they discuss the night they heard the verdict Michael Brown case.
Run The Jewels will be playing the following shows:
May 9 Tampa, FL - Big Guava Fest
May 23 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Fest
May 25 - The George, WA - Sasquatch
May 30 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
May 31 - Dublin, Ireland - Forbidden Fruit Fest
June 5 - Porto - Primavera Sound
June 6 - London - Field Day Fest
June 7 - London - The Forum
June 8-12 - Dover, DE - Firefly Fest
June 12 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
June 14 - Brooklyn - Northside Fest
June 24-28 - Glastonbury - Glastonbury Fest
June 27 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Flow Fest
July 2 - Aarhus - Roskilde
July 4 - Tilburg, Holland - WooHa Fest
July 5 - Keflavík, Iceland - ATP Iceland
July 11 - Des Moines, IA - 80/35 Fest
July 15 - Ottawa - Blues Fest
July 16-19 - British Columbia - Pemberton
July 19 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Fest
July 24 - Ontario - Wayhome Fest
July 30 - Montreal - Club Soda
July 31 - Montreal - Osheaga Fest
August 13 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Fest
August 14 - Helsinki - Flow Festival
August 28 - Reading UK - Reading Fest
August 29 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Fest
August 30 - Paris, FR - Rock En Seine
September 5 - Croatia - Outlook Fest
September 13 - Berlin, Germany - Lollapalooza Berlin
