Grammy Award-winning Atlanta rapper Killer Mike made an appearance the view Today, he reflects on his latest arrest – in handcuffs – at the Grammy Awards earlier this month, saying: “All my heroes were in handcuffs – Malcolm, Martin, Mandela, Medgar. I walked out with the same dignity and respect that I walked in with, and I would like to “I appeal to people to take that from him.”
The rapper was asked about the incident Scenery Co-host Sunny Hostin, who admitted that the ongoing legal case restricted the extent to which he could discuss Killer Mike, real name Mike Render.
As he previously said, Killer Mike described the evening by noting, “Backstage was packed, the winners were pumped and I think security got a little overzealous.”
The activist rapper and businessman was taken into custody after winning a triple Grammy on February 4 by Los Angeles police following an alleged altercation with a security guard earlier. He was detained for several hours and booked on a misdemeanor charge. He is scheduled to appear in court in Los Angeles on February 29.
on the view Killer Mike said today that after his arrest and release, he was greeted by his wife, Shanna. “I went out to my wife in the rain,” he said. “It was like a romantic movie. It was dope.
Several hours later, his ex-girlfriend informed the rapper that a kidney had been found for their 21-year-old son, who has been waiting for a transplant for three years.
Later during his Scenery During the visit, when pressed on his reluctance to endorse Joe Biden for president, the rapper said he was focused on “hyperlocal” politics in Atlanta. “At the national level, I’m just doing what my grandfather said: ‘Stay out of white people’s affairs and see what happens… Right now, I don’t want to be involved in soap operas.’