Killer Mike, at this point, is as well known for his political activism as he is for his music. An outspoken supporter of Bernie Sanders at the last US election, Mike is potentially music's most liberal spokesman, with inspiring views on everything from US vote reform to police brutality.In a new interview with Channel 4 News in the UK, he's not letting up. His oratory skills alongside his pretty radical leftwing views ("are jobs still necessary?") kind of make him feel like the uni lecturer that you love so much you accidentally call him "dad". This time Mike's tackling the topic of nationalism, and challenging the very values your life is based on:
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TL;DR: countries aren't real and the constructed basis of your existence is a total lie. Happy Monday!The interview also sees El-P chatting about grime and his pal Dizzee Rascal ("I worked with [him] back in the day") and pretty much cements Run the Jewels as the coolest over-40s in the game right now.Watch an extended clip here, and see a snippet below:Follow Lauren on Twitter. (Image via Run the Jewels on Instagram)"You look around the world right now, conservatism and extremism seem to be taking over […] I think across the world, what we're seeing is nationalism pushed as a form of tribalism. And ultimately people need to understand that the cultures and countries we are representing are just things that are created, by tribes, to unify people. So they become dangerous and disruptive."