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Killer
Mike
won
three
Grammy
Awards
for
his
critically
adored
Michael
album,
which
actually
netted
him
a
total
of
four
of
the
prestigious
trophies
so
far
in
his
career.
The
Atlanta
multihyphenate
caught
his
first
in
2002
(with
a
little
less
drama),
thanks
to
a
sharp
verse
on
OutKast’s
“The
Whole
World,”
so
he
had
a
bit
of
a
drought
between
accolades.
So
the
vindication
of
finally
getting
more
proper
recognition,
including
one
for
Best
Rap
Album,
from
his
musical
peers
was
that
much
sweeter.
“It
felt
like
acknowledgment
of
the
work,”
Mike
tells
Hip-Hop
Wired
of
what
he
felt
getting
his
awards.
“Hip-Hop…people
say
the
culture,
and
they
say…it’s
usually
a
means
to
an
end
when
most
people
say
that,
and
they’re
using
the
culture.
But
as
a
kid
who
grew
up
in
the
Deep
South,
in
this
little
town
masquerading
as
a
city
called
Atlanta,
all
I
ever
wanted
to
be
was
an
MC.
And
to
achieve
the
dream
of
becoming
an
MC
and
then
to
in
the
50th
year
of
Hip-Hop
make
the
best
Rap
Album…just
a
pure
Hip-Hop
album,
it’s
one
of
the
greatest
[feelings].
It
is
a
vindication
from
the
bullshit
3.5
The
Source
gave
me.
It’s
a
vindication
from
the
bullshit
6.5
Pitchfork
gave
me.
It’s
a
vindication
from
bullshit
ass
reviews
online
of
people
who
are
not
even
from
my
culture,
not
only
on
Hip-Hop
but
a
from
Black
southern
man’s
culture.
It’s
vindication
that
allows
me
to
roll
by
in
my
‘67,
$100,000
Firebird
and
shoot
a
bird
out
the
window
and
say
fuck
you
motherfuckers,
I
did
it!”
But
don’t
mistake
his
tallying
of
receipts
for
sour
grapes.
He
adds,
“On
a
very
practical
level
beyond
vindication,
what
it
is,
is
an
affirmation
that
the
dream
of
a
nine-year-old
child
and
the
work
that
he
put
in
over
the
course
of
the
last
about
to
be
40
years,
was
an
affirmation
that
the
imagination
of
a
child,
encouraged
and
untethered,
anything
is
possible.
And
everything
is
possible.”
While
the
Grammy
nods
are
great,
Killer
Mike
also
performed
at
Urban
One
Honors
a
few
weeks
prior
(it
taped
Jan.
20
at
The
Roxy
in
Atlanta),
and
getting
recognition
from
a
Black-owned
entity
was
just
as
poignant.
When
asked
to
speak
on
it
began
by
giving
props
to
Urban
One’s
founder,
Cathy
Hughts.
“First
of
all
I
give
a
lot
of
praise
to
Cathy
Hughes
for
having
vision
to
create
Radio
One
and
be
the
tip
of
the
spear
in
what’s
become
a
media
megaplex
with
the
television,
radio
and
beyond,”
said
Mike.
“I
was
honored
to
be
asked
by
Cee
Lo
to
be
a
part
of
it,
Cory
Mo
helped
put
it
together
and
shouts
out
to
Urban
One.”
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Williams
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Killer
Mike
went
on
to
add
that
TV
One
also
has
a
special
place
in
his
household.
“If
you
want
to
see
The
Cosby
Show,
if
you
want
if
you
want
to
see
Black
people
doing
well
and
thriving,
you
want
to
see
A
Different
World,
that’s
the
place
you
go
as
a
family,”
explained
Mike.
“The
same
way
I
would
watch
Norman
Lear
stuff
with
my
grandparents—Good
Times,
The
Jeffersons,
Sanford
&
Son—I
been
blessed
through
Urban
One
to
be
able
to
have
and
recreate
similar
things
with
my
family
here
at
the
house.
We’re
not
watching
a
lot
of
aspirational
things
that
aren’t
us,
we
get
to
watch
stuff
that
is
us.
And
that’s
important.
It
was
important
for
me
to
be
recognized
by
them,
and
I’m
deeply
honored.”
Be
sure
to
watch
Urban
One
Honors:
Best
in
Black
when
it
premieres
Sunday,
February
25
at
8/7C
on
TV
One.
