Rapper Killer Mike - Zuma / Starface

"We can do better than burning our own homes, because if we lose Atlanta, what do we have left?" "Said Killer Mike last weekend during a television appearance which aroused great emotion. For the rapper, the destruction must give way to the organization, a message he reiterated and clarified when speaking during the Late Show by Stephen Colbert.

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"Everything I said was a cry from the heart, and I was speaking to testify to the specific situation in Atlanta," he said. I want Protestants to know, and even thugs, because many are young people who face frustration, that we can do it differently. (…) There is nothing wrong with feeling anger and emotion and this too full of emotions that we have witnessed. Because it has to happen to light the flame. But now that the fire has started, I need you to join civic organizations to get involved on a daily basis. "

Atlanta First

Because Killer Mike is convinced that the city of Atlanta has a card to play and can serve as a positive example.

The whole country needs to stop right now and listen to Killer Mike. He's verbalizing what a lot of us don't know how to express pic.twitter.com/yiBEaicRGT

- ment (@mentnelson) May 30, 2020

"If you go back to the 60s and 70s, the predominantly black cities like Washington, Chicago, Detroit, and even parts of Los Angeles or Miami, they were prosperous, productive and the population was hopeful," he explains. And through things like discrimination, lack of development, these places have collapsed. And Atlanta has managed to continue growing for 50 years. But for now, the rage is not empty among the African-American population and the demonstrations continue throughout the country.

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