Killer Mike Edges The Black Voters To Stay Home If Leaders Don’t Bring Chances
Killer Mike edges the black voters to stay home if leaders don’t bring chances On Marijuana and Police Brutality. The Atlanta rapper is known as a social and political activist, focusing on subjects including social equality, police brutality, and systemic racism. In addition to addressing themes of racism and police brutality in his music, he has also delivered several lectures at college universities.
He has written about social justice topics for publications such as Billboard, and been the subject of televised and published interviews regarding police misconduct and race relations. Yesterday, Killer Mike took to his Instagram to urge black voters in this election cycle to “stay the fuck home” if politicians do not offer tangible change on policy issues such as jobs, decriminalization of marijuana, federal prosecution of police killings, and more.
In the past, Mike has been a vocal proponent of Senator Bernie Sanders and decried both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, saying a vote for either candidate is “the same thing.”