Run the Jewels

Killer Mike sues security firm over Grammys arrest, alleging ‘public humiliation’

Rapper alleges assault, false arrest and more when he was detained shortly after winning three awards at 2024 ceremony, but security firm claims ‘zero involvement’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

04, Feb, 2025 @10:09 AM

Killer Mike: Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints review – hard-won life lessons

The Run the Jewels rapper follows up last year’s Grammys-sweeping Michael with an album addressing a tumultuous few months

Kitty Empire

03, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM

Gangsta Boo: Three 6 Mafia member and southern rap trailblazer dies aged 43

Musicians from Missy Elliott to Questlove have paid tribute to the trailblazing female rapper, who was 15 when she appeared on the Memphis group’s cult classic debut Mystic Stylez

Laura Snapes

02, Jan, 2023 @10:23 AM

‘I will never be against the second amendment’: Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike on rap, racism and gun control

After almost a decade of working alongside El-P, the rapper is releasing a solo single. He talks about the chaos and loss that inspired it, his friendship with Bernie Sanders and the ‘racist’ twisting of lyrics

Ammar Kalia

04, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM

Brit awards nominations 2021: Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks and Celeste lead improved field for women

Women dominate British album category, while more than half the nominees in key categories are non-white

Laura Snapes

31, Mar, 2021 @3:30 PM

Kitty Empire's best music of 2020

Our critic’s picks, from righteous old-school hip-hop via euphoric retro pop to classic American songwriting

Kitty Empire

27, Dec, 2020 @8:00 AM

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

18, Dec, 2020 @8:07 AM

On my radar: Jia Tolentino's cultural highlights

The New Yorker writer and essayist on bittersweet TV, the ‘album of the revolution’ and her favourite gathering place in Brooklyn

Kadish Morris

25, Jul, 2020 @2:00 PM

Run the Jewels: ‘I want the oppressors to know they haven’t created complete hopelessness’

After Killer Mike’s impassioned speech about the death of George Floyd went viral, he and his partner El-P explain why a mix of serious politics and surreal goofiness makes their music perfect for our times

Alexis Petridis

02, Jun, 2020 @6:23 PM