Killer Mike’s Grammy night time on Feb. 4 was bittersweet after being positioned in handcuffs by LAPD following an alleged altercation with a safety guard earlier within the day. Mike spoke to the solid of The View on Monday (Feb. 12), following his Grammy trifecta, the place he gained greatest rap album and track, and greatest rap efficiency.
“All of my heroes have been in handcuffs – Malcolm, Martin, Mandela, Medgar,” he mentioned reflectively. “I walked out with the identical dignity and respect that I walked in with, and I’d implore folks to simply take that from it.”
He additionally famous that the backstage space was jam-packed, and precipitated safety to behave extra rashly than ordinary. “Backstage was overcrowded, the winners have been exuberant, and I believe safety received a bit of overzealous,” he relayed to the panel.
Detained for a number of hours following his arrest, Mike obtained a misdemeanor cost and was launched. Then, he met his spouse, Shana, and quipped about their encounter, saying: “I walked out to my spouse within the rain,” he mentioned. “It was like a romance film. It was dope.”
After his arrest, the rapper launched an announcement in regards to the incident. “As you possibly can think about, there was quite a bit going and there was some confusion round which door my staff and I ought to enter,” he mentioned partially. “We skilled an overzealous safety guard, however my staff and I’ve the utmost confidence that I’ll in the end be cleared of all wrongdoing.”
Mike’s whirlwind of an evening didn’t finish there. He later found that his 21-year-old son had lastly discovered a kidney donor after ready for 3 years. In an interview with GQ, he spoke about his preliminary response to listening to the information.
“The very subsequent morning, I received a name that my youngster, after being on the checklist for 3 years, lastly received his kidney. And I can simply actually let you know that God is actual. And the identical approach Christ gave us an instance of being by himself, of being tempted by Devil, I perceive that quite a bit higher now as a result of I might have succumbed to anger or evil and talked s–t. However I’m simply grateful.”
Watch Killer Mike’s interview with The View under.