Kill your masters : Run the Jewels and the world that made them / Jaap van der Doelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doelen, Jaap van der, 1982- author.

Series:

Music of the American South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Run the Jewels (Musical group).

Killer Mike (Rapper).

Killer Mike.

El-P (Rapper).

El-P.

Rap musicians--United States--Biography.

Rap musicians.

Rap (Music)--History and criticism.

Rap (Music).

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In Kill Your Masters Dutch music journalist Jaap van der Doelen tells the story of two rappers in the twilight of their careers who suddenly find themselves ascending to the heights of pop culture icons while fighting for change in a world about to fall prey to fascism. "It shouldn't have happened," van der Doelen writes. "Hiphop has long been considered a young man's game...and yet two rappers well into their forties have managed to find cross-generational success." This book starts with the stories of how Killer Mike and El-p got their starts as solo artists (in Atlanta and Brooklyn, respectively) and culminates with "Holy Calamavote" in October 2020-a live televised event where Run the Jewels performed their fourth album in its entirety in an effort to motivate as many people as possible to register to vote in the 2020 presidential elections. Van der Doelen relies on multiple interviews he has conducted with RTJ along with conversations Mike and Jamie have had with other music journalists over the years"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue. The Ants Turn on the Queen

Part I. Before The Jewels. Baptized by Fire ; The Kid's Killin' It ; Independent as Fuck ; Ready, Set, Akshon ; Def Jukies ; When Mikey Met Jaime

Part II. Run The Jewels. Into the Woods ; These Motherfuckers Got Me Today ; Close Your Eyes ; So They Run ; Cuban Contraband ; Cat Sounds ; The O.G. ; A Time for the Minor Key ; The Marvel of Run The Jewels ; A Riot Is the Voice of the Unheard ; Yankee and the Brave ; Holy Calamavote ; Band of Brothers

Epilogue. You Guys Are Babies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820367835

0820367834

9780820367828

0820367826

OCLC:

1429574812