In 2011, Adult Swim Vice President Jason DeMarco made a simple connection between rapper and producer in the name of Williams Street. Killer Mike: a true Atlantan, child of the Dungeon Family, rapping like his forefathers that’d burn aflag once they step off the stage. El-P: a Brooklyn veteran, champion of Def Jux, grizzled architect of the underground via bars and boards. Unbeknownst to either party at the time, this merger set the mold for a decade that’d change both of their lives. Before they were Run the Jewels, they made R.A.P. Music: the R.A.P. stands for Rebellious African People. R.A.P. Music is a swan dive into the dirt as told through cutthroat tales of struggle and survival. It’s fuck the system, fuck the police, and a primer for another day in hell in these United States. ...