Stereogum — The Grand Theft Auto-inspired compilation album The Alchemist and Oh No Present: Welcome to Los Santos has already brought us original tracks from Killer Mike and MNDR, Action Bronson and Danny Brown, and Earl Sweatshirt and Future Islands’ Samuel ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Killer Mike at Lollapalooza 2014 (more by James Richards IV) The Alchemist and Oh No put together a new compilation album called Welcome to Los Santos, which was inspired by Grand Theft Auto V, and comes out on April... more info

The Independent — Run The Jewels, the critically acclaimed US hip-hop duo of Killer Mike and El-P, have released the video for ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count To F***)’, which features Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha. more info

Stereogum — The release of Run The Jewels 2 will always remind me of 2014’s tumultuous racial climate in the US — the way Killer Mike and El-P’s lyrics eerily predicted the pattern of white police officers’ repeated deadly violence against unarmed black ... more info

Stereogum — Killer Mike and El-P have taken their collaboration as Run The Jewels and turned it into a force of nature. Aside from the fact that RTJ2 was the best album of 2014, lately they’ve become role models we look to for cultural commentary. From their A... more info

Stereogum — Rookie’s Ask A Grown series, in which celebrities answer teenage girls’ advice-column questions, is a consistent delight, especially when the celebrities in question are cool. Killer Mike and El-P are perhaps the coolest motherfuckers in the univ... more info

Stereogum — Killer Mike has written an op-ed for OkayPlayer in honor of Martin Luther King Day, reflecting back on King’s legacy and urging people to continue spreading his message and mission. “Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Revolutionary, simple and plain. ... more info

Stereogum — Up until today, the Game’s 13-minute, 25-rapper “One Blood” remix has been the final word in absurd, overlong rap posse cuts. But now Noisey has outdone it by putting together the 42-minute, 36-minute “The Rap Monument.” The new track has v... more info

Stereogum — Killer Mike and El-P barely wasted any time between finishing their first Run The Jewels record and commencing work on the second one. It seems they’re keeping that work ethic strong: NME reports that during a fan Q&A Tuesday at Rough Trade East in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Royce da 5'9", who maybe you recently heard with a bunch of other Detroit rappers on Eminem's "Detroit vs Everybody," teamed up with legendary producer DJ Premier for a collaborative project called PRhyme and the duo released... more info