Killer Mike has hit back at fans of Travis Scott who criticized him for winning Best Rap Album at the Grammys over the Utopia rapper.
Speaking to Complex, Mike said: “As an artist, I deeply have reverence for and admire Travis Scott, he’s amazing. I’m never going to think anybody deserves anything in front of me, especially when I put in my best. But a lot of his fans, they don’t like Mike now. And I have to accept that. That’s fine.
“But there’s going to come a time in their life that someone they care deeply for dies. And the question is, what song are you going to pivot to? I happen to have a record called ‘Motherless’ that acknowledges that. A lot of those fans are young men and trying to find their way.”
The Atlanta rap veteran continued to explain that he believes his music offers more depth than La Flame’s.
“I listen to Travis, I jam. But man, does the record hit you like, shed tears? When she won’t let you see your child, with child support on your Black ass. For the mistakes you’ve made. When you’re facing jail and your suspended license.
“That’s what my music does. It’s there for you. It’s the blues, baby. I’m there to take care of the whole human being and to speak to the whole human being.”
Killer Mike speaks on the results of this year’s GRAMMY Awards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/2DztYyKzmT
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) August 19, 2024
One high-profile fan who had an issue with Killer Mike’s Michael winning the Grammy over Travis Scott was streamer Kai Cenat.
“Who decided this muthafucka? Her Loss? Utopia? Metro Boomin? My n-gga!” Cenat yelled on his stream while watching the awards show earlier this year.
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The internet star went on to congratulate Mike on his victory but admitted, “I don’t know who this is.”
The Run The Jewels rapper responded by encouraging 22-year-old Cenat to expand his musical horizons.
“I’m just gonna say to young people out there: it ain’t nothing wrong with expanding, it ain’t nothin’ wrong with trying something else. You don’t have to always be in the crowd,” he said on the Baller Alert podcast.
“As a kid, I listened to as much rock ‘n’ roll as I did rap,” he continued. “I listened to Metallica. I listened to Led Zeppelin. You just heard T-Pain do a rendition of Ozzy Osbourne when he was with Black Sabbath. You have to become culturally rich.”