Killer Mike Turns Leaked Clinton Email About Him Into Merch
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It looks like Killer Mike is turning Hillary Clinton’s shade into profit. The Run the Jewels rapper was an outspoken Bernie Sanders supporter during the Democratic primary, and still hasn’t warmed up to Clinton since she defeated Sanders.
As it turns out, the Clinton campaign wasn’t the biggest fan of Killer Mike either. Buried amongst thousands of emails to and from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta recently released by WikiLeaks was one that directly name-checked Killer Mike. “I guess Killer Mike didn’t get the message,” read the message to Podesta by a staffer, referencing the rapper’s semi-controversial comments about Clinton earlier this year. “A uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States,” the Atlanta rapper said, repeating the words of a female Sanders supporter who went on to say policy was more important than gender. The words sparked the ire of the Clinton campaign at the time, and became a major talking point for the next several days.
Now, Killer Mike has flipped the controversy into something good for him: money. He announced on Instagram Thursday that he would be releasing a t-shirt with the full email printed on it called the “I Don’t Check Messages Tee.”
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