Killer Mike at Pitchfork Music Festival 2013

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Atlanta native Killer Mike took to the main stage to give both a show of music and a show of strength and solidity to the human spirit. Encouraging everyone to “look after each other” and dedicating tracks to “Eric Snowde… No fuck it. To Ronald Reagan… I was a child from 80-88 and I saw this country get real fucked up.” Worth his weight in charisma and charm, he got choked up when speaking about his mentor, “small Catholic woman” and community organizer from Chicago named Alice Mary Johnson, “whole life was about freedom, justice and equality for all—it broke her heart when I became a rapper.”

It was a powerful set and the perfect way to get the final day going properly.

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