Killer Mike on his new show Trigger Warning, Run the Jewels and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Ladies and germs... Killer Mike! It's been more than a decade since Killer Mike joined us on Bullseye. These days, he's busier than ever. Along with El-P, he's one-half of Grammy nominated duo Run the Jewels. Together they've put out three great albums – with a fourth on the way later this year. Now, he's got his very own Netflix series, "Trigger Warning with Killer Mike." Killer Mike joins us to talk about the new show. Plus, how he ended up becoming friends with legendary comedian and activist Dick Gregory, and what it was like hitting the road campaigning with Bernie Sanders.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.6	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:22.9	The first time I got to chat with my next guest, Killer Mike.
0:26.0	He was just coming off the release of his solo album,
0:28.5	I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind, was 2007.
0:32.7	Now, 11 or 12 years later, he is still on the Grind.
0:37.2	He's half of the acclaimed rap duo run the jewels alongside LP.
0:42.6	He's become a well-known activist,
0:45.1	campaigning alongside Bernie Sanders in the last presidential election.
0:48.5	And now he has his own Netflix series.
0:51.1	It's called Trigger Warner with Killer Mike.
0:53.7	In the show, Mike takes on some of America's most complicated social issues.
1:00.9	And as with everything Killer Mike, he never does it halfway.
1:05.5	In the first episode, Mike tries to spend three days buying,
1:10.0	using and consuming products that have only come from the black community.
1:15.4	It turns out that is really, really hard.
1:20.4	In this scene, Mike rides his BMX bike.
1:23.3	He can't find any black owned car companies
1:26.4	to the black owned dog-gone-good barbecue in Athens, Georgia.
1:30.8	There he meets LP, the other half of his hip-hop duo run the jewels.
1:35.6	And at this point, Mike hasn't really had a meal in quite some time.
1:40.6	So he is very excited to finally find something to eat that meets his rules.
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