• Paul McCartney Remembers Charleston Shooting Victims

    During Delaware's Firefly Festival on Friday night, Run the Jewels and Paul McCartney were among the array of artists who paid tribute to the Charleston, South Carolina Emanuel AME church shooting victims. Other artists focused more on political statements on stage and in Tweets.

  • III Points Festival 2015 Lineup: Nicolas Jaar, Run The Jewels

    Ultra Music Festival and Art Basel are the most widely known festivals that occur place in Miami each year, but they are is not the only multi-day music event happening in the Southern tip of Florida. Since it is warm nearly year-round in Miami, organizers can take advantage of the climate and schedule events beyond the traditional summer months. This fall III Points Festival will return to the SOHO Studios in Miami's artsy Wynwood neighborhood. The lineup exudes a coolness with its bookings, including names like Run The Jewels, Panda Bear, Ghostface Killah, Nicolas Jaar and many more.

  • Run The Jewels Killer Mike Running for Office in Georgia

    Killer Mike of the Run The Jewels is in the prime of his musical career, but he is not stopping his quest to become as influential as possible. The "Close Your Eyes" rapper has been a very vocal activist against police brutality and inequality in the justice and now wants to put his money where his mouth is and enact change with his pen. There is going to be a special election in Atlanta, Georgia's District 55 for state representative after Tyrone Brooks vacated his seat amid an investigation into his work with charities and Killer Mike will be running as a write-in candidate.

  • Top 10 From Northside Festival 2015

    This past week, Northside Festival took over Williamsburg. The SXSW-styled festival brought together film, speakers in various mediums and music over seven different days and nearly 400 bands that were in town. We were there to capture some of the best moments from a very busy couple of days of music and we narrowed that down to a top 10 list. Check out our top 10 picks for the 2015 Northside Festival.

  • Nas Performs 'Made You Look' With Run The Jewels at Northside Festival

    Last night a special hip-hop moment happened. One of the very best to ever pick up a mic, Nas appeared on stage with Run The Jewels -- one of the hottest up-and-coming duos in hip-hop right now. Run The Jewels were scheduled to perform as the headliner at 50 Kent, the main outdoor venue at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, and they had a very special trick up their sleeves. The Illmatic rapper showed up as a surprise guest to perform his 'God's Son' track "Made You Look" at the end of RTJ's set and your author was on hand to capture the action on video.

  • Northside Festival 2015 Lineup: Run The Jewels, Best Coast, Vince Staples

    Most music fans are familiar with the major music festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, Glastonbury and Lollapalooza that showcase the biggest bands in the world. However, there are plenty of smaller local festival that showcase mid-level, up-and-coming and local acts that will be the next wave of headliners at those major, big-ticket festivals. New York City has countless music events happening every weekend, notably during the summer, and in three weeks, Northside Festival will be taking over Brooklyn with a combination of speakers, films and music. The festival just announced the majority of the artists who will be performing this year including Best Coast, Run The Jewels, Zola Jesus and Vince Staples.

  • Run The Jewels' Killer Mike to Speak at M.I.T. About Race Relations in the US

    One of the most outspoken and socially conscious rappers around in the public eye today, Killer Mike, will be speaking at M.I.T. on April 24 as part of their Hip Hop Speaker Series. The Run The Jewels rapper will be address race relations in the United States, touching on recent flashpoints like Ferguson, the SAE incident in Oklahoma, white privilege and black empowerment. Since he is speaking at M.I.T., Killer Mike will also touch on how current and future technologies impact race relation issues.

  • Run The Jewels Shares 'Bust No Moves' As Record Store Day Exclusive

    In honor of this year's Record Store Day, increasingly popular hip-hop duo Run The Jewels released a new 12" containing four tracks. Three of them "Pew Pew Pew," "Love Again" (taken from Run The Jewels 2) and "Blockbuster Night Pt. 2" (a bonus tune from Run The Jewels 2) have already been released, but the first song "Bust No Moves" is unreleased.

  • Run the Jewels "Close Your Eyes" Music Video: Killer Mike, El-P Tackle Police Brutality [WATCH]

    Run the Jewels have shared the music video for the powerful 'Run the Jewels 2' track "Close Your Eyes." The video is just as evocative, if not so, as the song that takes a strong stance against the current injustices facing society, like police brutality. Director AG Rojas crafts a simple, no-frills video, yet with an incredibly powerful message as two men -- a young black man played by Keith Stanfield (Jimmie Lee Jackson in 'Selma') and a white police officer played by Shea Whigham (Eli in 'Boardwalk Empire') and -- grapple with each other all day and all night on a deserted street without one side ever gaining an advantage or winning and eventually come to rest right next to each other. Symbolism is rife throughout the video as the two men represent the larger communities they come from and the seemingly never-ending battle between them. Watch the powerful visuals below from Killer Mike and El-P.
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